Phytochemical and Antimicrobial Screening of the Leaf Extract of Diospyros barteri. Gurke.

The study amply demonstrated the broad-spectrum antimicrobial property of the polar extracts while the non polar extract exhibits no activity. The minimum inhibitory concentration of the methanol extract on Proteus vulgaris, i, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus were 1.20mg/ml, 2.24mg/ml, 3.55mg/ml, 9.12mg/ml and 10.0mg/ml respectively, while the minimum inhibitory concentration of the water extract on Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus were 8.91mg/ml, 9.55mg/ml, 10.59mg/ml, 10.96mg/ml and 71.78mg/ml respectively.