Studies on Phytochemical Constituents and Antibacterial Potentials of Extracts of Balanites aegyptiaca (Del.) Parts on Antibiotic Resistant Bacterial Isolates

Abstract

Aims: To determine the phytochemicals and antibacterial potentials of parts of Balanite aegyptiaca on clinically important antibiotic resistant bacteria isolates Study Design: Phytochemicals and in vitro assay of antibacterial Place and Duration of Study: Methodology: Collection of bacterial isolates; antibiogram of the bacterial isolates; preparation of plant extracts; phytochemical analyses of the plant parts on aqueous extracts; In vitro susceptibility test (agar well diffusion assay) Results: The antibiogram showed that all the isolates used in this study are multidrug resistant. The results of the phytochemical analyses on aqueous extracts showed that the leaves of B. aegyptiaca possessed all the phytochemical components tested except anthroquinones and alkaloids, while root bark lack anthroquinones, cardiac glycosides and phlobatannins and stem bark possessed only flavonoids and polyphenols. The presence of phytochemical components in the stem bark is significantly less than those in