Assessing the antimicrobial properties of Vernonia Amygdalina using e. coli

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dc.contributor.author Kakumba, Brian
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-19T11:33:50Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-19T11:33:50Z
dc.date.issued 2022-05-19
dc.description Research report submitted to the Department of Biochemistry and Sports Science in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Science-Biological of Makerere University en_US
dc.description.abstract This study was undertaken to investigate the antibacterial properties and the analysis of the phytochemical composition of the aqueous leaf extract of Vernonia amygdalina against E. coli isolates obtained from mulago Hospital, using the disc diffusion technique. Phytochemicals present included flavonoids, glycosides, reducing sugar, terpenoids and saponins. Crude aqueous extract slightly inhibited the growth of E. coli with an avarage inhibition zone diameter 10±1 at 200mg/ml.Therefore, V. amygdalina has potential bioactive phytochemicals that are responsible for its antibacterial activities and could be used as raw material in the synthesis of antimicrobial drugs. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Kakumba, B. ( 2022) Assessing the antimicrobial properties of Vernonia Amygdalina using e. coli. ( MakUD) ( Unpublished undergraduate dissertation) Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/12774
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Makerere University en_US
dc.subject Antimicrobial properties en_US
dc.subject Vernonia Amygdalina en_US
dc.subject E. coli en_US
dc.title Assessing the antimicrobial properties of Vernonia Amygdalina using e. coli en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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