Analysis of the antibacterial properties of jute leaf

Taslima Rahman, Zakaria Ahmed * and Shuranjan Sarkar

Technology Wing, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh.
 
Research Article
Open Access Research Journal of Life Sciences, 2022, 04(01), 051–055.
Article DOI: 10.53022/oarjls.2022.4.1.0059
Publication history: 
Received on 26 June 2022; revised on 31 July 2022; accepted on 02 August 2022
 
Abstract: 
In this experiment, tea liquor has been prepared by 10% dried tea leaves and boiling time was 5, 10 and 15 minutes. For the determination of antibacterial activity, Salmonella typhi were inoculated on nutrient agar media by spread plate method and tea liquor was poured in the middle of the bacterial inoculated plate. Antibacterial activity was observed where boiling time has affected antibacterial activity. Antibacterial activity of different extracts of jute leaves were evaluated by agar well diffusion method against different pathogenic bacteria viz., Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus cereus etc. Antibacterial activity was found increasing with increased by longer time prepared tea liquor and the highest antibacterial activity of the aqueous extract of jute leaf was observed against E. coli (ZOI=17.0±1.0 mm) followed by Salmonella typhi. Therefore, these results clearly support the traditional use of jute leaf as a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent against a wide range of microbes.
 
Keywords: 
Antibacterial; Jute; Leaf.
 
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