ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Hayssam M. Ali1,3 , Mohamed Z.M. Salem2 and Ahmed Abdel-Megeed1,4
1Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
2Forestry and Wood Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
3Timber Trees Research Department, Sabahia Horticulture Research Station, Horticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Alexandria, Egypt.
4Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University, Egypt.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2013;7(3):1903-1907
© The Author(s). 2013
Received: 28/06/2013 | Accepted: 16/08/2013 | Published: 30/09/2013
Abstract

Natural biocidal products produced by plants are the major source of bioactive substances with strong pharmacological action and less cytotoxicity. The antibacterial activities of the alkaloid extracts of the leaves of Conocarpus lancifolius Engl. were bioassayed against certain plant and human pathogenic bacteria; Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia marcescens, Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Erwinia amylovora. The inhibition zones were ranged between 10-17 mm and the MICs were between 10 and >200 µg/mL. Alkaloidal extract of C. lancifolius was active at all concentrations tested (5-200 µg/mL) against the studied bacteria except E. amylovora. he result suggests the applications are also growth promotive and cost effective and non-hazardous in agro-ecosystem. Further work should be done to elucidate the valuable of C. lancifolius as a source of antibacterial for human and plant health.

Keywords

Conocarpus lancifolius, antibacterial activity, alkaloid extract

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