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8114201 
Journal Article 
Antimicrobial activities of extracts from rhamnus prinoides 
Santi, LI; Pillai, MK; Mekbib, SB 
2019 
SILAE (Italo-Latin American Society of Ethnomedicine) 
2 
122-129 
English 
Hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts from leaves and stem-bark of Rhamnus prinoides were evaluated for their inhibitory effect against six bacterial isolates viz. Escherichia coli (wild), Escherichia coli (H0157), Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. and Serratia marcescens and two fungal isolates viz. Penicillium digitatum and Candida albicans. The zones of inhibition were found to be in the range of 8.8±3.0 to 15.8±1.4 mm diameter against bacterial isolates and 10.3±1.8 to 14.3±2.5 mm diameter against fungal isolates. Additionally, all these extracts were evaluated for their minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and were found to be in the range of <31.25 to > 1000 µg/mL. R. prinoides have been used to treat variety of diseases such as TB, pneumonia, rheumatism, gonorrhoea, bladder and kidney problems etc. © 2019, SILAE (Italo-Latin American Society of Ethnomedicine). All rights reserved. 
Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Chloroform extract; Ethyl acetate extract; Hexane extract; Methanolic extract; Rhamnaceae; Rhamnus prinoides