Jornal de Técnicas Analíticas e Bioanalíticas

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Investigation of Antibacterial Activities of the Leaf Extracts of Capparis Tomentosa (Gumero)

Habtamu Gedion Aynalem* , Hailegnaw Gizaw Workie

Capparis tomentosa plant is one of the commonly used traditional medicinal plants. It is one of the varieties of Capparis species that is used for different traditional medicinal purposes. In herbal and traditional medicine, C. tomentosa used to treat rheumatism, madness, snakebite, chest pain, jaundice, malaria, headache, coughs, pneumonia, constipation, infertility and to prevent abortions. The present study was conducted to investigate antibacterial activity of different solvent extracts of the leaf of Capparis tomentosa. Phytochemical studies of the extracts of Capparis tomentosa has been carried out and their results revealed the presence of tannins, saponins, alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, phenols, steroids and Terpenes. Each of the extract(methanolic, ethyl acetate and pet ether) exhibited antibacterial activity methanolic extract showed the highest antibacterial activity(13.7 mm) while petroleum ether extract had the lowest antibacterial activity (6.2 mm) on the four bacteria strain tested (Klebsiella pneumonia, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aurous and Streptococcus pyogenes).