Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of Xeromphis nilotica bark extracts

Mahdi Abdelmageed Mohammed Ali 1, Yasmin Hassan Elshiekh1,* and Yagoub Abdella Ali 2

1Department of Biology &Technology, College of Applied & Industrial Sciences University of Bahri, Sudan.
2Department of Biology, faculty of Education, University of Zalingei, Sudan.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2020, 03(01), 054-059.
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjbphs.2020.3.1.0048
Publication history: 
Received on 08 July 2020; revised on 15 July 2020; accepted on 17 July 2020
 
Abstract: 
This present study was carried out in Khartoum state-Sudan, during March 2019. The dried bark of Xeromphis nilotica was extracted successively with (Ethyl acetate, Ethanol) and (Methanol, Water). The phytochemical screening carried out on four different extracts of Xeromphis nilotica bark and it contain amount of secondary metabolites such as(Alkaloids, Carbohydrates, Tannins, Phenols, Sterols & Triterpenes, Saponins, Flavonoids, Amino acids and Proteins were studied. The antibacterial activity of extracts were evaluated against four standard bacteria (Gram positive; Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus) and (Gram negative; Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and the results showed high inhibition zone (21mm) in methanol extract against Escherichia coli and low inhibition zone in aqueous extract against all bacterial strains tested.
 
Keywords: 
Folk medicine; Elsalihen area; Xeromphis nilotica; Shagart-Elmarfaein
 

 

Full text article in PDF: