eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2016-03-09 5 1 455 459 7009 article S. C. Narwadiya 1 S. V. Saoji 2 U. L. Dhumne 3 P. M. Tumane 1 V. G. Meshram 4 P.G. Department of Microbiology, R.T.M Nagpur University Nagpur (India) Su-Wishwas Diagnostic Centre,Central Bazar Road, Ramdaspeth Nagpur (India) National Institute of Miners’ Health, JNARDDC Campus Opp wadi Police Station Wadi, Nagpur (India) Sindhu Mahavidyalaya,Panchpaoli, Nagpur (India) Tuberculosis (TB) kills about 3 million people per year worldwide. Furthermore, TB is an infectious disease associated with HIV patients, and there is a rise in multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases around the world. The study evaluated the anti mycobacterial activity of ethanolic extracts of four plants from Indian habitat for in vitro anti tubercle activity. Experiments were conducted to study the effect of extracts against drug-resistant M. tuberculosis isolates.Out of four plants Pheonix dactylifera showed the best activity (MIC = 100 μg/mL) against the sensitive Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. The following plants were active also but at 200 μg/mL or above level Abutilon indicum, Swertia chireta, Allium cepa. The testing was performed on H37Rv strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and was found to be being inhibited by the alcoholic extracts of Pheonix dactylifera and Abutilon indicum. These data point to the importance of biological testing of extracts against drug-resistant M. tuberculosis isolates. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol5no1/activity-of-indian-habitat-plants-extracts-against-mycobacterium-tuberculosis-to-treat-tuberculosisactivity-of-indian-habitat-plants-extracts-against-mycobacterium-tuberculosis-to-treat-tuberculosis/ Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Herbal Medicine; Treatment of TB