Antibacterial activities of the crude extract of acrostichumaureum l. growing at Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Trang Campus

Abstract

The aim of this research was to study the antibacterial activities of crude extract, with hexane, from the leaves, stems, corms and roots of Acrostichumaureum L. by disc diffusion method against the pathogens viz., Bacillus cereus TISTR687, Staphylococcus aureus TISTR1466, Escherichia coli TISTR780 and Salmonella typhimurium TISTR292. The results revealed that the leaves extracts showed antibacterial activity onall of fourtested pathogenic bacteria with the inhibition zone of 9.20 0.37, 8.92 0.09, 6.62 0.48 and7.82 0.56 mm.respectively. While the stems, corms and roots extracts showed antibacterial activity ononly B. cereus with the inhibition zone of 8.02 0.25, 8.51 0.21 and 10.87 0.13 mm. respectively. This preliminary screening results demonstrated the potential of the extracts from various parts of Acrostichumaureum L. to be used as antibacterial agent and to be further researched and developed into innovative pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.