TY  - JOUR
T1  - Antimicrobial Studies and Phytochemical Screening of Extracts of <I>Hyphaene thebaica</I> (Linn)<I> </I>Mart Fruits
AU - , O.O. Dosumu AU - , F.O. Nwosu AU - , C.D. Nwogu 
JO  - International Journal of Tropical Medicine
VL  - 1
IS  - 4
SP  - 186
EP  - 189
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-3319
DO  - ijtmed.2006.186.189
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijtmed.2006.186.189
KW  - Hyphaene thebaica
KW  -antimicrobial activity
KW  -phytochemical screening
AB  - <I>In vitro</I> antimicrobial properties of solvents extracts of <I>Hyphaene thebaica </I>(L.) Mart fruits showed that ethyl acetate extract was active against all the five pathogenic bacteria, <I>Staphylococcus aureus</I>, <I>Eschericia coli</I>, <I>Bacillus subtilis</I>, <I>Pseudomonas</I> <I>aeruginosa</I> and <I>Klebsiella pneumoniae</I> used in this study while methanol extract was active against <I>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</I> and <I>Klebsiella Pneumoniae</I>. Hexane extract showed little inhibition on the growth of <I>Bacillus subtilis</I> and out of the three fungi, <I>Aspegillus niger</I>, <I>Candida albicans</I> and <I>Penicillium sp</I>. used in this study, only <I>Penicillium sp</I>. growth was slightly affected by high concentration of methanol extract. The phytochemical screenings showed that tannins and flavonoids are present in the ethyl acetate fraction while saponin was found in methanol fraction.
ER  -