International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences
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10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12
Volume 2 Issue 2
2011 (April - June)
Antibacterial Activity Of Fresh Juices Of Allium Cepa And Zingiber Officinale Against Multidrug Resistant Bacteria
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are one of the major problems challenging the health care system in general. The antibacterial activity of fresh red and white lessThan i greaterThan Allium cepa lessThan /i greaterThan (Onion) and lessThan i greaterThan Zingiber officinale lessThan /i greaterThan (Ginger) juices against multidrug resistant bacteria viz: lessThan i greaterThan Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhi lessThan /i greaterThan isolated from salad was investigated using agar well diffusion and agar dilution methods. All the bacteria except lessThan i greaterThan Staphylococcus aureus lessThan /i greaterThan were susceptible to the fresh red and white onion juices with the diameter of zones of inhibition ranging from 15mm – 35mm while the test bacteria isolates were not sensitive to the fresh ginger juice. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (M. I. C.) and the Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (M. B. C) values of the fresh onion juices against the test bacteria were low ranging from 3.125% lessThan sup greaterThan v lessThan /sup greaterThan / lessThan sub greaterThan v lessThan /sub greaterThan – 25.0% lessThan sup greaterThan v lessThan /sup greaterThan / lessThan sub greaterThan v. lessThan /sub greaterThan This study indicates that the fresh juices of lessThan i greaterThan Allium cepa lessThan /i greaterThan possess significant antibacterial potency against multidrug resistant bacteria.
G. O. Adeshina,S. Jibo,V. E. Agu And J. O. Ehinmidu
Susceptibility, pathogens, Allium cepa, Zingiber officinale.
289-294