0973-7510 Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2581-690X DR. M.N. Khan 10.22207/JPAM.12.2.66 Antimicrobial Potential of Siddha Polyherbal Formulation Aavarai Kudineer Rajalakshmi K Shanmugapriya P Christian G.J Gladys R. Jeeva Banumathi V Geethalakshmi S The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR. Medical University, Chennai, India. National Institute of Siddha, Chennai, India. Research fellow, DST project, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR. Medical University, Chennai, India. Director, National Institute of Siddha, Chennai, India. Vice-chancellor, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR. Medical University, Chennai, India. 30 06 2018 12 2 1019 1025 Copyright © 2018 The Author(s) 2018 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License which permits unrestricted use, sharing, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Diabetes mellitus is a complex metabolic disorder that affects all body systems of an individual. Siddha system of medicine which has its origin in South India terms this multiorgan disorder as Madhumegam and has an enormous collection of antidiabetic drugs that are time-tested. Avaarai kudineer is one such polyherbal antidiabetic formulation that is safe and effective in the management of diabetes. Since Siddha system offer holistic approach in the management of diseases, the present work was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of this antidiabetic formulation. The results of phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial action of this formulation Avaarai kudineer (AK) is encouraging as it offers mutual benefit to the patients both in the management of diabetes and also in the prevention and treatment of diabetic complications that are due to infections.

Keywords Siddha Diabetes mellitus Avarai kudineer Antimicrobial study Phytochemicals