EFFECT OF YEMENI SESAME OIL AGAINST SOME PATHOGENIC BACTERIA AND FUNGI
AbstractThe present study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of some sesame oils obtained from different cities of Yemen. Sensitivity testing against some pathogenic bacteria and fungi were studied with four types of sesame oils in the laboratory pouring aqueous extract of the sesame seeds into the wells of the culture media. Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi, Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger and Aspregillus flavus were the microorganisms used and they were identified, confirmed and obtained from the Microbiology laboratory of the Sana’a University, Yemen. The results indicated that Semsum sanani and Semsum dwaini showed more antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus, while Semsum shahri, Semsum hadedi, did not show any activity against pathogenic bacteria and fungi. This study suggests that the compounds found in the semsum oil can form the basis for the development of novel broad spectrum antimicrobial formulations. These results support the notion that semsum oil may have many pharmaceutical roles.
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2507-2512
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English
IJPSR
A. M. A. Bawazir and M. Shantaram *
Department of Studies in Biochemistry, Mangalore University, Post Graduate Centre, Jnana Kaveri, Chikka Aluvara, Kodagu, Karnataka, India.
manjula59@gmail.com
31 August, 2017
14 November, 2017
25 December, 2017
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.9(6).2507-12
01 June, 2018
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