Antimicrobial Activity of Musa acuminata Peel Extract against Gram-Positive Bacteria

Autor:	Siti Marwanis Anua, Nurzafirah Mazlan, Yashini Subramaniam, Safaa Najah Saud Al-Humairi, Thung Tze Young, Halijah Hassan, Juju Nakasha Jaafar
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Traditional medicine Antimicrobial activity Gram-positive bacteria Musa acuminata peel Gram-positive bacteria Musa acuminata General Medicine Biology biology.organism_classification Antimicrobial Biyoloji
Zdroj:	Volume: 3, Issue: 2 191-196 International Journal of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
ISSN:	2651-4621
Popis:	Particular communities are discarding banana (Musa acuminata) peels as household and industrial food waste. It is high in nutritive value and a healthy source of food to consume. This study aims to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of M. acuminata peels against four types of Gram-positive bacteria, namely, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes. The extract of M. acuminate peel was prepared using a soxhlet apparatus for ethanolic extract and rotary evaporator to concentrate the ethanolic extract. Antimicrobial activity was carried out on the extract using agar disc diffusion technique; the inhibitory zones were recorded in millimetres. Results showed that the disc diffusion method of ethanolic extract of M. acuminata peel was not effective against all the Gram-positive bacteria strains. This result indicated that M. acuminata peel did not pose any potential antimicrobial effect against Gram-positive bacteria. However, further study should be carried out using different extraction method and concentration in order to evaluate antimicrobial activity.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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