Fatunla Oluwatoba Ayodele, Ogundare Ayodele, Achimugu Ikani Isaiah

Phytochemical Properties and Antibacterial Effect Of Newbouldia laevis

Leaf Extract on Vancomycin and Methicillin Resistant Bacterial Isolates From Federal Medical Center, Owo

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Produktbeschreibung

Antibacterial effect of extracts of Newbouldia laevis{Tree of life} leaf on vancomycin and methicilin resistant bacteria isolates obtained from urine samples from Federal Medical Center,Owo was assayed. The leaves of N.laevis was collected from Ikole Ekiti and authenticated at the Department of Crop, Soil and Pest Management, Federal Univerrsity of Technology, Akure.The bacterial isolated from the samples namely: E.coli, K.pnuemoniae, P.aeruginosa, S.aureus and P.mirabilis were subjected to antibiotic sensitivity tests using disc diffusion method. Methanol, Chloroform, Cold and Hot water extracts of N. leavis was obtained using the cold extraction method. Phytochemical screening of the extracts were assayed and inhibitory activity of the extracts against the isolated bacteria was carried out using agar well diffusion technique. The concentration of 500mg/ml was used and the zones of inhibition recorded. The isolates were resistant to vancomycin and methicilin. The extracts revealed the presence of flavonoids, tannins, terpenes, alkanoids, phenolics, saponin and cardiac glycosides.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 155g
• ISBN-13: 9783330057265
• ISBN-10: 3330057262
• Artikelnr.: 48255973

Autorenporträt

Fatunla Oluwatoba Ayodele, was born in 1987 in Ekiti-State, Nigeria. He graduated from Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology before gaining admission into the Federal University of Technology, Akure where he obtained M.tech in Medical Microbiology.