African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Antibacterial activity of Mentha piperita against selected food spoiling bacteria

  Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi1*, Shyam Kumar Rajaram1, Chinasamy Muthukumar1 and Nooruddin Thajuddin2
  1Department of Botany and Microbiology, Addiriyah Chair for Environmental Studies, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. 2Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli – 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 26 June 2012
  •  Published: 08 November 2012

Abstract

 

Leaf and stem extracts of Mentha piperita plant were tested against four bacterial isolates namely: Bacillus sp. (S1), Bacillus sp. (S2), Bacillus halmapalus andStreptomyces sodiphilus, isolated from commercial Spirulina products. The extraction was carried out with solvents such as petroleum ether, acetone, methanol and ethanol. Antibacterial assay revealed that B. halmapalus was highly sensitive to both leaf and stem extracts. Bacillus sp. (S2) and S. sodiphilus was moderately sensitive to all extracts.

 

Key words: Antibacterial activity, Mentha piperita.

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