The aqueous, organic, and volatile oil extracts of leaves of Eugenia unipom Li. Family Myrtaceae were investigated for antibacterial properties using agar dilution techniques. The aqueous extract wm the most active against the organisms compared to the organic and volatile oil extracts. The extracts were found to inhibit Gram positive Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis and Gram negative Escherichia coli and Shigella dysenteriae. Pseudomonas aenrginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Salmonella typhi were not inhibited.
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