Antimicrobial activity of Ceratonia silique L. extract against diarrheagenic E-coli.

Abstract

Raghad Saad Abdulkareem, Wisal R. Yaseen Al-Hayali, Israa Izalden Ibrahim

Ceratonia siliqua L. has been used in many Mediterranean and west Asian countries traditional medicine as antidiarrheal and diuretic. The present study was designed to determine the antimicrobial activity of both watery and methanol barks extract of the whole plant of Ceratonia siliqua L. against diarrheagenic E. coli isolated from cases of diarrhea in children less than 5 years old, in this study we use three different concentration of both watery and methanolic extract, and we find that the antibacterial activity of methanolic Ceratonia siliqua extract was best than antibacterial activity of watery extract.