Screening of Endophytic Bacteria from Purwoceng Roots (Pimpinella pruatjan Molk.) Antibacterial Activity Against Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract

A. IntroductionPurwoceng (Pimpinella pruatjan Molk.) is a commercial herbal plant with Coumarin, Sterols, Alkaloids, Saponins, and several types of oligosaccharides in the roots (Darwati et al., 2006). Secondary metabolite compounds produced by purwoceng have abilities such as antimicrobial, anticoagulant, and anti-inflammatory (Darwati et al., 2006, Widayat et al., 2012.The ability of purwoceng to produce antimicrobials can be used to reduce the growth of pathogenic bacteria. Staphylococcus aureus is a type of pathogenic bacteria that often cause infectious diseases in the community (