Abstract:
The aim of this study was to investigate the in-vitro antimicrobial
activity and to test the presence of phytochemicals in methanolic
crude extracts of the fruits of Dovyalis abbysinica and Solanum
incanum. The antibacterial and antifungal activities of methanol
extracts of Solanum incanum and Dovyalisabbysinica, respectively,
were carried out by agar diffusion assay technique against one
bacterial strain, Staphylococcus; and one fungal strain,
Trichophyton rubrum. Crude extracts of both plants showed activity
against both the fungus and the bacterial test microorganisms. The
methanolic crude extracts of both plants revealed the presence of
phytochemicals such as alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, phenols,
saponins and in one case proteins. This study provides some
scientific basis upon which these two traditional medicinal plants
have found usage in the treatment of a variety of ailments.
