Abstrakt

Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Ethanolic and Methanolic Extract of Dried Seeds of Buchhlozia coriacea

Ibrahim TA and Fagbohun ED

The antibacterial activities of the ethanol and methanol extracts of the dried seeds of Buchlozia coriacea against clinically significant bacterial isolates were determined using the agar well diffusion method. It showed Staphylococcus aureus was the most susceptible while Bacillus cereus was the least susceptible to the extracts with methanol extract been more effective against the clinical bacterial isolates. The extracts inhibited the growth of the bacterial isolates in a concentration dependant manner. The antifungal activity of the extracts on radial mycelical growth of the test fungi showed that Aspergillus niger was the most susceptible while Rhizopus sp was the least susceptible.