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http://repository.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/5571| Title: | Phytochemical screening and antibacterial activities of Commiphora kerstingii leaf extracts |
| Authors: | FADIPE, Labake Ajoke Jimoh, T. Ndamitso, M.M. Dauda, B.E.N Okuo, E. |
| Keywords: | Commiphora kerstingii, phytochemicals screening, antibacterial activity |
| Issue Date: | 10-Jan-2010 |
| Publisher: | Journal of Applied Biological Research, 1 (2), 111−120. |
| Citation: | Jimoh, T., Ndamitso, M.M., FADIPE, A. L., Dauda, B.E.N & Okuo, E. (2009). Phytochemical screening and antibacterial activities of Commiphora kerstingii leaf extracts. International Journal of Applied Biological Research, 1 (2), 111−120. |
| Series/Report no.: | 1;2 |
| Abstract: | Commiphorakerstingiihasmedicinalpropertiesforeffectivemanagementofseveralailmentsincludingtyphoidfever.Toestablishtheethnobotanicalrationaleforitstraditionaluse,thepowderedleaveswereextractedwithn-hexane, methanol and water. All extracts were subjected to phytochemical analysis and antibacterial activity against some selected Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria using the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. Phytochemical screening of the plants revealed the presence of flavonoids, saponins, alkaloids, steroids and tannins. The methanol and aqueous extracts had activities against four test pathogens while n-hexane extract had inhibition on Escherichia coli only. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of the extracts ranged from 16-30ug/ml to 20-40ug/ml respectively. |
| URI: | http://repository.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/5571 |
| Appears in Collections: | Chemistry |
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