Volume 20, Issue 2, February 2016, Pages 494–499
Sumaira Sarwar1, Maimoona Sabir2, Syed Sajid Raza3, and Salman Akbar Malik4
1 Assistant Professor, IMDC, Islamabad, Islamabad Medical & Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Haripur, Pakistan
3 Professor & Head of Department (Biochemistry), Islamabad Medical & Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan
4 Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Quaid-E-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Present study was conducted to investigate the antimicrobial potential of Amaranthus viridis ethanolic extracts, against two Gram positive bacterial strains, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis, and four Gram negative bacterial strains via; Proteus vulgaris, Peudomonas picketii, Klebsiella pneumonia and Escherichia coli. Disc diffusion method was used and also by calculating their MIC values. Antibacterial assay indicated that Amaranthus viridis had inhibitory activity against Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris and Peudomonas picketii.
Agar tube dilution method was used to evaluate the antifungal activity of Amaranthus viridis. Ethanolic extract was tested against five different strains of fungal species, including;Fusarium solani, Alternaria species, Aspergillus flavus green, Aspergillus nigar and Aspergillus fumigatus. It was concluded that Amaranthus viridis had moderate antifungal activity (41-51%) against Alternaria species while low activity (below 40%) against Aspergillus flavus green, Aspergillus nigar and Aspergillus fumigatus. The study revealed antibacterial and antifungal potential of etahnolic extract of Amaranthus viridis.
Author Keywords: Anti microbial activity, Medicinal plant, Amaranthus viridis ethanolic extract.
Sumaira Sarwar1, Maimoona Sabir2, Syed Sajid Raza3, and Salman Akbar Malik4
1 Assistant Professor, IMDC, Islamabad, Islamabad Medical & Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Haripur, Pakistan
3 Professor & Head of Department (Biochemistry), Islamabad Medical & Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan
4 Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Quaid-E-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Present study was conducted to investigate the antimicrobial potential of Amaranthus viridis ethanolic extracts, against two Gram positive bacterial strains, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis, and four Gram negative bacterial strains via; Proteus vulgaris, Peudomonas picketii, Klebsiella pneumonia and Escherichia coli. Disc diffusion method was used and also by calculating their MIC values. Antibacterial assay indicated that Amaranthus viridis had inhibitory activity against Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris and Peudomonas picketii.
Agar tube dilution method was used to evaluate the antifungal activity of Amaranthus viridis. Ethanolic extract was tested against five different strains of fungal species, including;Fusarium solani, Alternaria species, Aspergillus flavus green, Aspergillus nigar and Aspergillus fumigatus. It was concluded that Amaranthus viridis had moderate antifungal activity (41-51%) against Alternaria species while low activity (below 40%) against Aspergillus flavus green, Aspergillus nigar and Aspergillus fumigatus. The study revealed antibacterial and antifungal potential of etahnolic extract of Amaranthus viridis.
Author Keywords: Anti microbial activity, Medicinal plant, Amaranthus viridis ethanolic extract.
How to Cite this Article
Sumaira Sarwar, Maimoona Sabir, Syed Sajid Raza, and Salman Akbar Malik, “Analysis of antimicrobial activity of medicinal plant Amaranthus viridis,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 494–499, February 2016.
