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VOL. 3, ISSUE 5 (2016)
In Vitro antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity of fermented leaves and the seeds of cassia tora methanol extract
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Aisha B Ali, Ahmed O shareef, Aisha Z Almagboul
Abstract
The methanol extract of the fermented leaves, seeds of Cassia tora belonging to the family Leguminosae were screened for their antimicrobial activity against four standard bacteria: two Gram positive (Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus), two Gram negative (Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and two fungi (Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans) using the cup plate agar diffusion method. The methanol extracts of two parts showed high activity against the bacteria and fungi tested. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of the methanol extracts of leaves and seeds were determine against standard bacteria and fungi using the agar plate dilution method. The minimum bactericidal concentrations and minimum fungicidal concentrations were determined using the macro- broth dilution method. The antibacterial activity of five reference drugs and the antifungal activity of two reference drugs were determined against four bacteria and two fungi and their activities were compared with the activity of the plant extracts.Two extracts were also evaluated for their cytotoxic activity using Brine shrimp lethality bioassay method.
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Pages:206-211
How to cite this article:
Aisha B Ali, Ahmed O shareef, Aisha Z Almagboul "<em>In Vitro</em> antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity of fermented leaves and the seeds of cassia tora methanol extract". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 3, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 206-211
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