Antibacterial activity of ethanolic and aqueous crude extracts of Lippia nodiflora of Khairpur Mirus, Sindh, Pakistan

Abstract

The ethanolic and aqueous extracts prepared from fruit, leaves and stem of Lippia nodiflora were examined against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria; Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylacaccus saprophytious, Staphlococcus epidelmidis, Streptococcus faccolis, Streptococcus pyrgenes Micrococcus luteus, Eschericihia coli and Bordetella pertussis. The ethanolic extracts of all parts stem, fruit and leaves were found active against test organisms, but fruit extract showed more activity than leaf and stem extract. The aqueous extract did not show significant activity.