ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF AMARANTH GLOBE/BUSH BUCK (GONGRONEMA LATIFOLIUM) ON SELECTED ISOLATES
Abstract
Gongronema Latifolium is a tropical rainforest plant, which belongs to the family of
asclepisdaceae genus, G. latifolium has its common name as “Bush Buck”. G Latifolium is
widespread in tropical Africa such as Senegal, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Gongronema
Latifolium is used in West Africa for medical purpose. It has been used in folk medicine to cure
diabetes, mellitus, stomach pain, fungal and bacterial infection etc. Agar diffusion and both
dilution methods were used to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and
minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) at different concentration. Antimicrobial activity
shows that methanol extract was the most effective with activity against all test organized except
Pseudomonas aeruginosa which indicate that methanol is a better extract than aqueous extract.
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