EVALUATION THE ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECT OF ALKALOIDS AND PHENOLS EXTRACTION FROM HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA AGAINST UTI INFECTION IN VITRO

Roaa Mohamad Hassan and Rana Hussein Raheema*

ABSTRACT

This study was aimed to evaluate alkaloids and phenols antibacterial activities which were extracted from Hibiscus sabdariffa against uti pathogenic organisms which isolated from the patients suffering from urinary tract infection such as E. coli, K. pneumoniae, P.aeruginosa and S. aureus, the alkaloids and phenols exhibited strong antibacterial activity against S.aureus also gave a noticeable antibacterial activity against P.aeruginosa and E. coli while the alkaloids and phenols extracts showed no antibacterial activity against k.pneumoniae. The results showed best antibacterial activity of alkaloids and phenols of Hibiscus sabdariffa in vitro against uti pathogenic organisms.

Keywords: E. coli, K. pneumoniae, P.aeruginosa and S. aureus.