The antimicrobial effect of ethanol, aqueous and chloroform extracts of leaf and latex of Calotropis procera on six bacteria namely, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus albus, Streptococcus pyogenes,
Streptococcus pneumoniae and three fungi: Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus
flavus, Microsporium boulardii and one yeast Candida albicans were
determined using agar well diffusion and paper disk methods. The results
revealed that ethanol was the best extractive solvent for antimicrobial
properties of leaf and latex of C. procera followed in order by Chloroform
and aqueous (P