Assessment of the antibacterial effects of Moringa peregrina extracts (original) (raw)

The antibacterial effect of Moringa peregrina (leaves, roots and seeds) ethanolic extracts were investigated. The effect of plant extracts were tested against three bacterial species: Escherichia coli (E. coli ATCC25922), Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus ATCC 43300)Image and Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae ATCC 13883). M. peregrina ethanolic extracts showed significant antibacterial effect on the three tested bacterial strains using the disc diffusion method. The inhibition zones caused by leaf ethanolic extracts were 14 to 30, 8 to 19 and 9 to 22 mm in diameter against E. coli, K. pneumonia, and S. aureus, respectively. Root ethanolic extracts showed inhibition zones as 18 to 42, 44 to 59 and 34 to 45 mm in diameter against E. coli, K. Image pneumonia, and S. aureus, Image respectively. Seed extract Imagecaused inhibitory zones of 16 to 38, 6 to 32 and 6 to 18 mm in diameter against E. coli,Image Image K. pneumonia and S. aureus, respectively. The Image results showed that the...