Beta
227478

In vitro antibacterial activity of ethanolic crude extracts of Capsicum annum against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli isolated from pus and stool samples at Ruhengeri

Article

Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

This work aimed at determining the antibacterial activity of ethanolic crude extracts of leaves and fruits of Capsicum annum against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli; isolated from pus and stools samples of patients in Ruhengeri Referral hospital, Rwanda. Fruits and leaves of C. annum samples were collected from Sina Gerard enterprise in Rulindo District in July, 2012. Plant samples were shade dried for 10 days, and then standard method was used for extraction using 96% ethanol as a solvent. Antibacterial activities of ethanolic crude extracts of fruits and leaves of C. annum were determined against E. coli and S. aureus using standard disc diffusion method. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) and Minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBC) were also determined. Results showed that crude extracts of leaves and fruits of C. annum had antibacterial efficacy against S. aureus and E. coli. The mean diameter of inhibition zones and standard deviation of fruits crude extract against S. aureus and E. coli ranged from 8.17± 0.15 to 11.0 ± 0.89 mm, and 14.0 ± 0.25 to 17.9 ± 0.35 mm; respectively, while those of leaves crude extract ranged from 9.7 ± 0.26 to 14.7± 0.25mm, and 8.7± 0.35 to 11.1 ± 0.38 mm; respectively, at increasing extract concentration from 50 to 200 mg/ ml. MIC of fruits ethanolic crude extract against E. coli and S. aureus was 25 and 12.5mg /ml; respectively, while MBC was found to be 50 and 25mg/ ml, respectively. However, MIC of leaves ethanolic crude extract against E. coli and S. aureus were 50 and 12.5mg/ ml respectively, while MBC was found to be 100 and 50 mg/ ml, respectively. We concluded from this study that, ethanolic crude extract of both fruits and leaves of C. annum collected from Rwanda had antibacterial potential against tested bacteria, thus could be used as sources of new drugs.

DOI

10.21608/NRMJ.2018.22708

Keywords

Capsicum annum, Bacteria, pus, stool, Antibacterial activity, Ruhengeri Referral Hospital, Rwanda

Authors

First Name

Solange

Last Name

Gahongayire

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Kampala International University, Uganda

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Ntulume

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Kampala International University, Uganda

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Kagimbura

Last Name

Ervine

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Faculty of Applied fundamental sciences, Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Ruhengeri Institute of Applied Sciences, Rwanda

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Bizimana

Last Name

Évariste

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Faculty of Applied fundamental sciences, Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Ruhengeri Institute of Applied Sciences, Rwanda

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Adamu

Last Name

A. Aliero

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Kebbi State, Nigeria

Email

aimustapha.adamu@kiu.ac.ug

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-1790-1548

Volume

2

Article Issue

6

Related Issue

32605

Issue Date

2018-12-01

Receive Date

2018-11-26

Publish Date

2018-12-01

Page Start

156

Page End

166

Print ISSN

2537-0286

Online ISSN

2537-0294

Link

https://nrmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_227478.html

Detail API

https://nrmj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=227478

Order

227,478

Type

Original Article

Type Code

2,265

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Novel Research in Microbiology Journal

Publication Link

https://nrmj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

In vitro antibacterial activity of ethanolic crude extracts of Capsicum annum against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli isolated from pus and stool samples at Ruhengeri Referral Hospital, Rwanda

Details

Type

Article

Created At

23 Jan 2023