Preliminary report on the in vitro antibacterial activity of Bryophyllum pinnatum leaf juice
Obaseiki-Ebor, E.E.
African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences 14(3-4): 199-202
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0309-3913 PMID: 3004181 Document Number: 262210
The juice from the leaves of Bryophyllum pinnatum S. Kurtz (Crassulaceae) was tested for antibacterial activity. The extract at 5% v/v was bactericidal to a wide spectrum of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria such as Bacillus subtilis, Staphyllococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes: Streptococcus faecalis; Escherichia coli, Proteus spp; Klebsiella spp; Shigella spp; Salmonella spp; Serratia marcescens; and Pseudomonas aeruginosa including the clinical isolates of these organisms possessing multiple antibiotic resistance.