Assessment of the Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of Aqueous, Ethanolic, and Methanolic Extracts of Senna Alata, Jatropha Curcus, and Ganoderma Lucidum

Student: Abigael Olubusola Akinwunmi (Project, 2025)
Department of Microbiology
Bamidele Olumilua University of Edu. Science and Tech. Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State

Abstract

Infectious diseases are the critical problems of the world as a result of the emergence of different antimicrobial resistant microorganisms due to several reasons like misuses and repeating uses of antibiotics. Because of this, searching of new treatment method is important from natural substances to against those infectious diseases in both human and animals' aspects. Among those plants, Senna alata, Jatropha Curcas and Ganoderma lucidumhas various roles against those infectious diseases through its different phytochemical components. The objectives of this study were assessing the antibacterial activity of the aqueous-methanol extract of the plant's aerial part and knowing the phytochemical constituents of the plant. Preliminary phytochemical screening revealed that the extract of Senna alata, Jatropha Curcas and Ganoderma lucidumpart possesses flavonoids, alkaloids, polyphenols, and quinines; so other solvent extraction methods and fractionates must be conducted to investigate the antibacterial activities of the plant extract on different bacterial strains and species that cause different diseases The result shows that Ganoderma lucidum is higher in the phytochemicals which include Alkaloid, Saponin, Terpenoid, Tannin and Flavonoid and it has the higher value of protein which makes it important in medicinal aspect.

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Plants specimen bacteria compounds medicine
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