CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS CONTAINED Saurauia vulcani (Korth.) AND ITS ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY AGAINST Staphylococcus aureus AND Escherichia coli

Abstract

Herbal plants such as Saurauia vulcani (Korth.) have a great potential to be developed as raw materials for natural medicines. This plant has numerous secondary metabolite compounds like terpenoid, flavonoid, saponin, and tannin. The results of the study reported that the chloroform extract of this plant has antibacterial activities against E.coli and S. aureus bacteria. The variation of chloroform extract is 100, 250, 500, and 1000 (ppm). Positive control was used as an Amoxicillin antibiotic. From the results of the antibacterial test, the chloroform extract showed better activity against bacteria S. aureus at the inhibition zone with a maximum concentration of 1000 ppm.