Ewais, E., Aly, M., Ismail, M., Abdel Shakour, E., Hassanin, M. (2014). ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF SOLANUM INCANUM, ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM AND ZINGIBER OFFICINALE, USED TRADITIONALLY TO TREAT PATHOGENIC MICROBES. test, 1(3), 253-263. doi: 10.21608/sjfop.2014.11856
E. A. Ewais; Magda M. Aly; M. A. Ismail; E. H. Abdel Shakour; M. F. Hassanin. "ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF SOLANUM INCANUM, ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM AND ZINGIBER OFFICINALE, USED TRADITIONALLY TO TREAT PATHOGENIC MICROBES". test, 1, 3, 2014, 253-263. doi: 10.21608/sjfop.2014.11856
Ewais, E., Aly, M., Ismail, M., Abdel Shakour, E., Hassanin, M. (2014). 'ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF SOLANUM INCANUM, ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM AND ZINGIBER OFFICINALE, USED TRADITIONALLY TO TREAT PATHOGENIC MICROBES', test, 1(3), pp. 253-263. doi: 10.21608/sjfop.2014.11856
Ewais, E., Aly, M., Ismail, M., Abdel Shakour, E., Hassanin, M. ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF SOLANUM INCANUM, ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM AND ZINGIBER OFFICINALE, USED TRADITIONALLY TO TREAT PATHOGENIC MICROBES. test, 2014; 1(3): 253-263. doi: 10.21608/sjfop.2014.11856

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF SOLANUM INCANUM, ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM AND ZINGIBER OFFICINALE, USED TRADITIONALLY TO TREAT PATHOGENIC MICROBES

Scientific Journal of Flowers and Ornamental Plants
Article 6, Volume 1, Issue 3, December 2014, Pages 253-263    PDF (264.83 K)
Document Type: Original Research Article
DOI: 10.21608/sjfop.2014.11856
Authors
E. A. Ewais1; Magda M. Aly2; M. A. Ismail3; E. H. Abdel Shakour1; M. F. Hassanin3
1Dept. Botany and Microbiology, Fac. Sci., Al-Azhar Univ., Cairo, Egypt
2Dept. Biology, Fac. Sci., King Abdulaziz Univ., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. & Dept. Botany, Fac. Sci., Kafrelsheikh Univ., Egypt
3Dept. Botany and Microbiology, Fac. Sci., Al-Azhar Univ., Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract
The use and search for antibiotics derived from plants have been accelerated in recent years. Three plants, used traditionally as medicine and as food additives were collected and extracted with hot water, methanol, diethyl-ether, ethyl acetate and chloroform. The used plants were Solanum incanum, Elettaria cardamomum and Zingiber officinale. The plant extracts were screened for their inhibitory effects on eight bacterial and seven fungal pathogens using agar well diffusion method.
It was shown that methanol extract was more effective as compared to hot water, diethyl-ether, ethyl acetate and chloroform extracts. Inhibition zone diameters of the methanol extracts of the used plants ranged from 10 to 29 mm and minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) from 50 to 150 μg/ml. No toxicity was found using Artimia salina as test organism. Antitumor activity against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma and Lymphoma cell line was recorded only for S. incanum extract
Keywords
Solanum incanum; Elettaria cardamomum; Zingiber officinale; Antimicrobial activities; Plant extracts
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