Antibacterial activity of piper cubeba linn. fruit extracts against selected bacterial pathogens in Basrah City

Abstract EN

In this study extracts of Piper cubeba fruit were prepared using mechanical method.

These extracts include alcoholic, acetonic, chloroformic and water extract.

The chemical composition of each extracts were analyzed also.

After that the antibacterial activity of these extracts were tested against gram negative (G-) Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and gram positive (G+) Staphylococcus aureus.

All extracts show antibacterial activity on these bacteria, but ethanol and acetone extracts were show the best antibacterial activity S.

aureus, followed by chloroform extract and then water extract, on the other hand water extract showed inhibition activity against E.coli and P.

aeruginosae followed by ethanol, acetone and chloroform extract.

MIC was determined for each extracts against the three pathogenic bacterial strain.