• Dr.A.Rexin
• Dr.R.Vasantha

ABSTRACT Numerous substances and compounds extracted from insects have been studied and tested as important resources for the discovery of new drugs (Feng et al., 2009). Mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori L. is to be one of the commercial insects that have high medicinal value and are usually used to reduce blood pressure, diabetes, nerve disorders and heart problems. The ingenuity of science continues to amaze with silk recently produced as biomaterials for the transport and delivery of drugs around the human body and for tissue engineering (Numata and Kalpan, 2010). The present study is therefore used to investigate the antibacterial activity of sericin extracted from econorm treated silkworm against some human pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Among all the bacterial pathogens tested, maximum activity was found (15.6±0.2mm) against P.aeruginosa at 5% concentration and the minimum activity was found against E. coli (11.6±0.2mm zone of inhibition) at 5% concentration of econorm treated silkworms.

Bombyx mori L; antibacterial activity; sericin; econorm; biomaterials

"Antibacterial activity of sericin from econorm treated silkworm cocoon against human pathogens", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.174-178, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902922.pdf

"Antibacterial activity of sericin from econorm treated silkworm cocoon against human pathogens", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp174-178, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902922.pdf