26-39A survey was
conducted among the street herbal vendors during 1997-2000 in eight districts of
Tamil Nadu, South India to highlight the use
of medicinal plants used for the preparation of various traditional medicines. More
than 100 medicinal plants are used by the herbal vendors for the preparation of
different types of medicines for the treatment of about 25 ailments. The paper also
discusses antimicrobial activity of different street herbal formulations against
Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginoso
and Candida albicans.</i