@article{Ibrahim Abuga_Sulaiman_Abdul Wahab_Bahari Abdull Rasad_2019, title={ANTIBACTERIAL EVALUATION OF Curcuma longa, Punica granatum AND Terminalia catappa EXTRACTS}, volume={3}, url={https://journals.iium.edu.my/ijahs/index.php/IJAHS/article/view/329}, DOI={10.31436/ijahs.v3i3.329}, abstractNote={<p>The <em>in vitro</em> antibacterial activities of three Malaysian medicinal methanolic plant extracts were determined using broth dilution method; rhizome extract of <em>Curcuma longa</em>, leaf extracts of <em>Punica granatum</em> and<em> Terminalia catappa</em>. Four different strains of bacteria that are <em>Escherichia coli </em>0157:H7, <em>Escherichia coli </em>(ATCC 0157), <em>Listeria monocytogenes </em>(ATCC 19115)<em>, </em>and<em>Staphylococcus aureus </em>(ATCC 700699) were selected. Only the extract of<em> Terminalia catappa</em> was found to exhibit antibacterial activity against<em> Escherichia coli </em>0157:H7 with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value of 500 µg/ml. The best MIC value (15.63 µg/ml) was obtained with the extract of<em> Punica granatum</em> against<em> Staphylococcus aureus </em>(ATCC 700699). The extracts were further fractionated using paper chromatography. Rhizome extract of <em>Curcuma longa</em> cannot be separated when viewedusing visible light, long-wave, and short-wave ultra-violet illumination, thus, only two extracts were selected for further antibacterial screening. Most fractions showed very low antibacterial activity (1000 µg/ml) and others were nil. From the experiment, it was found that the extract of <em>Punica granatum</em> has strong potency against <em>Staphylococcus aureus </em>(ATCC 700699).The results obtained from this study will provide some new scientific evidence and verification of the traditional uses of the plants in treating bacterial infections.</p>}, number={3}, journal={INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES}, author={Ibrahim Abuga and Sulaiman, Shaida Fariza and Abdul Wahab, Ridhwan and Bahari Abdull Rasad, Mohammad Syaiful}, year={2019}, month={Dec.}, pages={769–769} }