ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Sobhy M. Yakout1,2,3 , Sherif, H. Abd-Alrahman1,4, A. Mostafa4 and Mounir M. Salem-Bekhit5
1Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2Hot Laboratories and Waste Management Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Abu Zaabel, Cairo 13759, Egypt.
3Pesticides Residues and Environmental Pollution Dept., Central Agricultural Pesticide Laboratory, Agricultural Research Center, Giza 12618, Egypt.
4Department of Botany and Microbiology, Collage of Science, King Saud University, P. O. 2455, Riyadh, 11451 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
5Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2457, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2013;7(Spl. Edn.: November):459-463
© The Author(s). 2013
Received: 03/04/2013 | Accepted: 19/05/2013 | Published: 30/11/2013
Abstract

The aim of the study was to screen the antibacterial activities of ethanolic and aqueous-ethanolic extracts of Coriander (Coriandrum  sativum) on some microorganisms including Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus vulgaris, Escherechia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella peunomonia, Listeria monocytogenes, and Candida albicans. According to findings, both ethanolic and Aqueous-ethanolic extract of coriander seed displayed a variable degree of antimicrobial activity on different microrganisms. The ethanolic extract showed clear difference and more potent against tested microorganisms in comparison with the aqueous-ethanolic extract. It is determined that Ethanol extract revealed an elevated antimicrobial activity against Proteus vulgaris and Candida albicans whereas aqueous-ethanolic extract of spices exhibited highest activity against Bacillus subtilis and Listeria monocytogenes. The results obtained in the present study suggest that the ethanol extract of Coriander revealed a significant scope to develop a novel broad spectrum of antibacterial herbal formulation.

Keywords

Antimicrobial effect, Extract, coriander

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