Ethnobotanical study, antibacterial activity evaluation of the extracts of leaves Aspilia africana (Pers.) Adams var. africana (Asteraceae) on Multi-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains and phytochemical sorting.
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Aspilia africana is a commonly used plant in traditional medicine in the treatment of many diseases.Bacterial resistance revealed the ineffectiveness of some conventional antibiotics against several diseases.The objective of this work was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of the crude extracts of leaves of A. Africana on Staphylococcus aureus strains Meti-R.The solid medium dilution method using Mueller-Hinton® agar was used to evaluate the extracts antibacterial activity.For the phytochemical sorting, tube characterization method was used.The results obtained show that the total aqueous extract of A.africana is bacteriostatic on all bacterial strains tested with inhibition diameters of 12.3 ± 0.6 to 18.3 ± 0.5 mm.The studied extracts principally contain secondary metabolites.This work provides a scientific basis for the traditional use of Aspilia africana especially in the treatment of bacterial diseases.
Language: English
Subfield: Food Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4254093570