Antibacterial and antifungal activity of methanolic extracts of Salix alba L. against various disease causing pathogens
Abstract The present study was aimed to manifest the antibacterial and antifungal activity of methanolic extracts of Salix alba L. against seven Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial pathogens e.g. Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus (1), S. aureus (2), Shigella sonnei, Escherichia col...
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| author | B. Javed F. Farooq M. Ibrahim H. A. B. Abbas H. Jawwad S. S. Zehra H. M. Ahmad A. Sarwer K. Malik K. Nawaz |
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| description | Abstract The present study was aimed to manifest the antibacterial and antifungal activity of methanolic extracts of Salix alba L. against seven Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial pathogens e.g. Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus (1), S. aureus (2), Shigella sonnei, Escherichia coli (1), E. coli (2) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae and three fungal isolates from the air such as Aspergillus terreus, A. ornatus, and Rhizopus stolonifer. Two different serotypes of S. aureus and E. coli were used. The agar well-diffusion method results showed the dose-dependent response of plant extracts against bacterial and fungal strains while some organisms were found resistant e.g. E. coli (1), S. sonnei, A. terreus and R. stolonifer. The highest antibacterial activity was recorded at 17.000±1.732 mm from 100 mg/mL of leaves methanolic extracts against S. pyogenes while the activity of most of the pathogens decreased after 24 h of incubation. The highest antifungal activity was reported at 11.833±1.0 mm against A. ornatus at 50 mg/mL after 48 h of the incubation period. These experimental findings endorse the use of S. alba in ethnopharmacological formulations and suggest the use of methanolic extracts of the said plant to develop drugs to control the proliferation of resistant disease causing pathogenic microbes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f910fde03d704659ab874c626c6b00722022-12-21T21:20:02ZengInstituto Internacional de EcologiaBrazilian Journal of Biology1678-43752021-10-018310.1590/1519-6984.243332Antibacterial and antifungal activity of methanolic extracts of Salix alba L. against various disease causing pathogensB. Javedhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9566-1498F. FarooqM. IbrahimH. A. B. AbbasH. JawwadS. S. ZehraH. M. AhmadA. SarwerK. MalikK. NawazAbstract The present study was aimed to manifest the antibacterial and antifungal activity of methanolic extracts of Salix alba L. against seven Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial pathogens e.g. Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus (1), S. aureus (2), Shigella sonnei, Escherichia coli (1), E. coli (2) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae and three fungal isolates from the air such as Aspergillus terreus, A. ornatus, and Rhizopus stolonifer. Two different serotypes of S. aureus and E. coli were used. The agar well-diffusion method results showed the dose-dependent response of plant extracts against bacterial and fungal strains while some organisms were found resistant e.g. E. coli (1), S. sonnei, A. terreus and R. stolonifer. The highest antibacterial activity was recorded at 17.000±1.732 mm from 100 mg/mL of leaves methanolic extracts against S. pyogenes while the activity of most of the pathogens decreased after 24 h of incubation. The highest antifungal activity was reported at 11.833±1.0 mm against A. ornatus at 50 mg/mL after 48 h of the incubation period. These experimental findings endorse the use of S. alba in ethnopharmacological formulations and suggest the use of methanolic extracts of the said plant to develop drugs to control the proliferation of resistant disease causing pathogenic microbes.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842023000100298&tlng=enantimicrobialplant extractSalix albaMICMBCWillow |
| spellingShingle | B. Javed F. Farooq M. Ibrahim H. A. B. Abbas H. Jawwad S. S. Zehra H. M. Ahmad A. Sarwer K. Malik K. Nawaz Antibacterial and antifungal activity of methanolic extracts of Salix alba L. against various disease causing pathogens Brazilian Journal of Biology antimicrobial plant extract Salix alba MIC MBC Willow |
| title | Antibacterial and antifungal activity of methanolic extracts of Salix alba L. against various disease causing pathogens |
| title_full | Antibacterial and antifungal activity of methanolic extracts of Salix alba L. against various disease causing pathogens |
| title_fullStr | Antibacterial and antifungal activity of methanolic extracts of Salix alba L. against various disease causing pathogens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Antibacterial and antifungal activity of methanolic extracts of Salix alba L. against various disease causing pathogens |
| title_short | Antibacterial and antifungal activity of methanolic extracts of Salix alba L. against various disease causing pathogens |
| title_sort | antibacterial and antifungal activity of methanolic extracts of salix alba l against various disease causing pathogens |
| topic | antimicrobial plant extract Salix alba MIC MBC Willow |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842023000100298&tlng=en |
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