Bidens Pilosa Antibacterial
Bidens pilosa is an annual species of herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family asteraceae its many common names include black jack beggarticks farmer s friends and spanish needle but most commonly referred to as cobblers pegs it is native to the americas but is widely distributed as an introduced species in other regions worldwide including eurasia africa australia south america.
Bidens pilosa antibacterial. Are used widely as a folk medicine in china and have a long history of use particularly in taiwan for common cold dysentery and hepatitis. H7 isolated from apparently healthy individuals d. Authors contributions this work was carried out in collaboration between both authors. Antibacterial activity of bidens pilosa stem and root extracts antibacterial activity against candida albicans rhizopus pseudomonas aeruginosa serratia spp micrococcus varians staphylococcus aureus escherichia coli bacillus spp was carried out using extracts of the stem and root parts of b.
Antibacterial activity of bidens pilosa extracts on escherichia coli o157. Radita is one of the cited insecticidal plants to protect food against insect attacks in the far north of cameroon. Radiata asteraceae is well known for its folkloric medicinal use against various diseases from many decades. The design includes the extraction of crude extracts from the air dried leaves stems and roots samples of b.
The antimicrobial activity of the hexane dichloromethane ethyl acetate and methanol extracts from the leaf of bidens pilosa was evaluated using agar dilution method. Mizoram north east india has high plant diversity and the use of this plant as herbal medicine is deep rooted in the local tribes. The antibacterial activities of the ethanolic extract of bidens pilosa were generally better than those of the aqueous extract of bidens pilosa. Pilosa and the screening and determination of antibacterial activity of.
Aqueous extract of ageratum conyzoides minimally and sensitively inhibited the growth of salmonella pullorum klebsiella pneumoniae pseudomonas aeruginosa and bacillus cereusat 0 06 0 00 µg ml. It outperforms penicillin tetracycline methicillin and other antibiotics for both gram positive and gram negative bacteria.