Antibacterial Potential of Calotropis procera, Jatropha tanjorensis, and Adansonia digitata: A Comparative In Vitro Study
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https://doi.org/10.63561/jabs.v3i1.1171Keywords:
Anti-bacterial, Assessment, Medicinal plants, phytochemicalsAbstract
Plants provide important source of the world’s pharmaceuticals and have become quite useful in the treatment of diseases as they exhibit antifungal, antibacterial, anticonvulsant, anti-inflammation activities. However, since a single plant may contain many substances, hence different abilities, it is important to ascertain their exact disease-curing abilities. Therefore, this research was aimed at assessing the antibacterial potential of three medicinal plants. Ten medicinal plants selected from Wudil, Kano State were screened for the presence of their phytochemicals using ethanol extraction method. Three (Sodom apple, catholic vegetable and Baobab) out of these were chosen and used to test for their anti-bacterial effects because they contain all the phytochemicals screened for. Phytochemical analysis was done using appropriate methods. The plant extracts were serially diluted; absolute (100 %), 80 %, 60 %, 40 %, 20 % and 0 % (control). Bacteria isolates from culture media were identified using macroscopic, microscopic as well as biochemical tests. The results revealed that all the plant extracts used had highly significant effects on the tested organisms. The highest effect was observed at 80 % for all the extracts. Staphyloccocus aureus was most sensitive to the three plant extracts with Sodom apple and Catholic vegetable showing the greatest effect (17.7 and 17.3 mm respectively). It can be concluded that, Sodom apple, Catholic vegetable and Baobab are highly efficacious against bacteria agents especially Staphylococcus aureus.
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