Antibacterial potential of plants traditionally used for curing diarrhea in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Dynamic Chiropractic

Muhammad Hamayun¹  Samin Jan²  Nadeem Ahmad³  Abdul Latif Khan⁴  Yasmin Nawaz⁵ 

[1] Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan.;Department of Botany, Islamia College University, Peshawar, Pakistan.;Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan.;Kohat University of Science and Technology, Pakistan.;School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea.

关键词: Antibacterial activities;    medicinal plants;    diarrheal diseases;    Khyber Pukhtunkhwa.;   

DOI  :  10.5897/JMPR11.1160

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: MPA Media

【 摘 要 】

Thirty-three plant species belonging to 26 families are traditionally used for curing diarrheal diseases in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The ethanolic extracts of these medicinal plants were screened for their antibacterial potential against five bacterial species. These tests were carried out using agar well diffusion method at three elevating concentrations (10, 20 and 30 mg/ml) of the crude extracts. The results indicated that all medicinal plants showed anti-bacterial activity on at least one bacterial species. The maximum anti-bacterial capacity was exhibited byAjuga bracteosa,Cedrella serrata, Juglans regiaandMentha viridisagainst both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MICs) of the crude extracts of these plantsdetermined by agar dilution method indicated thatM. viridiswas the most potent species inhibiting the growth of all tested bacterial species.The ethno-pharmacological knowledge of these 33 plant species was also documented. It was concluded that medicinal plants used for the treatment of various diarrheal diseases possess anti-bacterial elements and justify their use in traditional medicine.

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