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Antibacterial Activity of Crude Methanolic Extract of Buchholzia Coriacae (Wonder Kola) on some Bacteria from Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Author(s) -
Kwanashie Clara,
Esonu Mary,
Mamman Paul
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.lb478
Subject(s) - wonder , salmonella , staphylococcus aureus , antibiotics , traditional medicine , escherichia coli , bacteria , biology , garcinia kola , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , philosophy , biochemistry , genetics , epistemology , gene
Medicinal plants are plants which contain substances that could be used for therapeutic purposes. In recent years, there has been a gradual renewal of interest in the use of medicinal plants worldwide. As a result of this interest, crude methanolic extract of the plant wonder kola of botanical name Buchholzia coriacea, family Capparaceae was used on some bacteria organisms (Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella Gallinarium 1, Salmonella Gallinarium 2 and Salmonella Gallinarium 3 Salmonella spp) to establish the antibiotic activity of wonder kola on these organisms. The result showed that wonder kola has antibiotic activity against these organisms at various concentrations as shown thus Escherichia coli at 500 gm/ml, Staphylococcus aureus at 5.6 mg/ml, Salmonella Gallinarum 1 at 200 mg/ml, Salmonella Gallinarium 2 at 31.25 mg/ml and Salmonella Gallinarium 3 at 31.25 mg/ml. It can be concluded that wonder kola (Buchhalzia coriacea) has significant antibiotic activity on these organisms.