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Abstract

As part of a research initiative to evaluate plants used for their nutritional and herbal values, the antimicrobial activity of Solanum Melongena's fruit and Moringa oleifera's leaves were investigated. Each plant part was subjected to selective extraction using solvents of varying polarity: n-C 6 H 14 , CH 2 Cl 2 , EtOAc and CH 3 CH 2 OH. The n-C 6 H 14 and CH 3 CH 2 OH extract of these two plants were tested for their antimicrobial activity at three different concentrations of 5%, 10% and 20% of crude extracts against three pathogenic bacterial strains: Eschericia coli, Staphyloccocus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae using the Disc diffusion assay. Both n-C 6 H 14 and CH 3 CH 2 OH extracts showed antibacterial activity at a higher concentration of 20% of crude extract.