Antimicrobial

Medicinal plants are used traditionally in the treatment of various kinds of diseases since time immemorial. The present study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of leaves from Elephantopus scaber by using different solvents (ethyl alcohol, acetone and aqueous). The ethyl alcohol, acetone and aqueous extracts of leaves were subjected to phytochemical analyses, which revealed the presence of alkaloids, phenols, flavonoids, saponins, steroids, tannins, coumarins

3.2.4Justification of antimicrobial use Before initiating antimicrobial therapy, even in the case of a correct diagnosis, the practitioner should ascertain that whether such therapy is justified and will confer the benefit to the animal. The therapy should help to contain and limit further extension of the infection, shorten its duration and reduce the risk of systemic complications. Ideally, only diseased animals should be treated, and the treatment should be as individual as possible. However,

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF SOIL BY SITUMBEKO LIWELEYA (s213459531) Research Proposal Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY | | FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES | at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University | MODULE- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, SUPERVISOR- PROFESSOR N. SMITH | Contents ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL 2 ABSTRACT 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 3 AIM OF RESEARCH 4 OBJECTIVES OF STUDY 4 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 4

Teaching People How to Grow, Extract, Harvest and Use Plant Products as Antimicrobial/Pharmaceutical Agents Plant Products as Antimicrobial Agents Abstract 25-50% of current pharmaceuticals are derived from plants Traditional healers used plants to cure infectious conditions Plants are rich in: Secondary metabolites they are not generally included in standard metabolic charts. found to have have antimicrobial properties. Tannins compounds that have a tendency to interact with aqueous solutions

as any medicines that destroy or inhibit bacterial growth and are administered at a low sub-therapeutic dosage (Hughes and Heritage, 2004). There are various types of veterinary antibiotics (VA) like natural, synthetic compounds with different antimicrobial activity are normally administered orally (Phillips et al., 2004). These are used for disease control or as feed additives and synthetic growth promoters (SGP) in various sectors such as livestock farming, aquaculture and agricultural activities

efficacy of naturally occurring antimicrobials against common bacteria located in a normal human microbiome. Three antimicrobials, Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) oil, commercial honey, and Capsicum annuum (red chili pepper), were tested on the gram negative Escherichia coli and the gram positive Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria. Quantitative data was taken using the filter-paper disk method to determine the zones of inhibition produced by the three antimicrobials. The results collected showed

Results: No plate from the 12 original MS plate trial showed significant growth. There was no color change in the MS agar, which indicated there was no S. aureus present on the plate. The second trial of the MS plates resulted in the same observation of no significant growth and no S. aureus present. The results of the MS broth experiment also showed no color change, indicating that no S. aureus was growing. The EMB trial also yielded no significant growth on any of the 12 plates. The TSA+G trial

information in the article, was this the best approach? 6) What did the evaluation reveal about the program? Did it achieve what it was supposed to? Should it be continued or even replicated elsewhere? The article, Implementation of an antimicrobial

Phase I-Phenotypic characterization 1. Collection of microbial isolates from various sample, characterization, identification and performing antibiotic susceptibility testing. 2. Performing Metallo Beta Lactamase (MBL) screening and confirmatory tests. 3. Testing carbapenemase production phenotypically. 4. Testing microbial isolates against higher and multidrug antibiotics. Phase II-Molecular Characterization 1. To identify the type of carbapenemase and MBL genes by PCR 2. To identify the expression

of E. coli bacteria cultures Kierstin Barker, Melissa Bischak, Jackie Tyszkiewicz, Errin Enany September 25, 2012 Abstract: This study was carried out in order to investigate whether black tea has antimicrobial properties as stated in Steven Johnson’s The Ghost Map. If tea does have antimicrobial properties, then it could aid in warding off waterborne diseases. We believed that if black tea is steeped in boiled water, then the amount of bacteria exposed to this solution would decrease. We expected