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Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Stem Bark Extracts of Different Ornamental Trees

Research Authors
Ibrahim, O.H.M.; E.Y. Abdul-Hafeez and A.F. Mahmoud
Research Abstract

Aqueous, ethanol, methanol and acetone stem bark extracts from nine tree species; Pinus halepensis, Leucaenia leucocephala, Ficus sycomorus, Quercus ruber, Albizia lebbeck, Terminalia arjuna, Bauhinia variegate, Cassia fistula and Kegelia africana growing in Assiut, Egypt were investigated for their anti-microbial activity against three bacterial and three fungal species in vitro as well as their antioxidant activity using DPPH radical scavenging. Patterns of in-hibition varied with the plant extract, the solvent used for extraction, and the organism tested. Acetone extract of K. africana gave the maximum significant inhibitory effect against the three bacterial strains. Bacillus cereus was the most inhibited bacteria, followed by Erwinia carotovora. The maximum antifungal activity was noticed in different extracts of C. fistula against the three fungal strains; Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium solani and Rhizoctonia solani with sig-nificant differences comparing with the other extracts. Samples extracted by ac-etone and ethanol, respectively, showed significant increment in antibacterial and antifungal activities over either methanol or aqueous ones, which recorded the minimum inhibition. The methanol extract of both K. africana and B. varie-gate showed the strongest inhibition of DPPH radical activity. The EC50 reached its lowest values with acetone extract of A. lebbeck followed by ethanol and ac-etone extracts of P. halepensis.

Research Department
Research Journal
Assiut J. Agric. Sci.
Research Publisher
Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University
Research Rank
2
Research Vol
Vol. 46 No (5)
Research Website
http://www.aun.edu.eg/faculty_agriculture/arabic
Research Year
2015
Research Pages
19- 32