Antibacterial activities of agave angustifolia and pittosporumferrugineum

Methanolic extracts and liquid – liquid partition extracts of Agave angustifolia and Pittosporum ferrugineum were tested against Escherichia coli(E. coli), Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae), Enterobacteraerogenes (E. aerogenes), Bacillus cereus (B. cereus),...

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Main Authors: Ainil Farhan, M.U., Lee, P.C., How, S.E., Jualang Azlan Gansau
Format: Article
Language:en
en
Published: Hibiscus Publisher 2013
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/28965/1/Antibacterial%20activities%20of%20agave%20angustifolia%20and%20pittosporumferrugineum.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/28965/3/Antibacterial%20activities%20of%20agave%20angustifolia%20and%20pittosporumferrugineum_ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/28965/
https://journal.hibiscuspublisher.com/index.php/JEMAT/article/view/30/612
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Summary:Methanolic extracts and liquid – liquid partition extracts of Agave angustifolia and Pittosporum ferrugineum were tested against Escherichia coli(E. coli), Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae), Enterobacteraerogenes (E. aerogenes), Bacillus cereus (B. cereus), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) and Salmonella typhi (S. typhi) for their antibacterial activity. Ethyl acetate extract (EAE) of Agave angustifolia exhibited strongest activities against S. aureus, S. pneumoniae, B. cereus, P. aeruginosa and S. typhi, while aqueous extract (AQE) of Pittosporum ferrugineum exhibited strongest antibacterial activities against S. aureus, S. pneumoniae, B. cereus, and P. aeruginosa.