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Assessment of Antimicrobial Effect of Alcohol and Aqueous Extracts of Garcinia kola on Staphylococcus aureus , Bacillus cereus , Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia
As a result of the development of resistance of microorganisms to older
antimicrobial agents there is need for a search for new agents, which
are effective for the treatment of infections. The crude aqueous and
alcoholic extr acts of Garcinia kola fruits were assayed against
Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella
pneumoniae. The results revealed that the plant extracts possess
inhibitory effect against the microorganisms tested. The minimum
inhibitory concentration of the plant extracts ranged between 20mg/ml
and 45mg/ml. There was a change in the antibacterial activity of the
test extracts on variation of temperature. The results obtained may
suggest that the plant extract is thermal stable and could serve as a
source of industrial drugs useful in chemotherapy of some microbial
infections