Antibacterial Activity of Alcoholic and Aqueous Extracts of Agaricus bisporus Against Food Borne Bacterial Pathogens

Authors

  • Alyaa Razooqi Hussein Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad-Iraq.
  • Eman Mohammed Ali Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad-Iraq.
  • Ebtehal Hamid Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad-Iraq.

Keywords:

Agaricus bisporus, Antibacterial activity, Alcoholic & Aqueous extracts, Foodborne bacterial pathogen

Abstract

Two extracts of 50 mg.ml-1 Agaricus bisporus alcoholic and aqueous were used in order to study their effect against two pathogenic bacteria. Salmonella typhi and Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from chicken and minced meat samples respectively, then identified according to biochemical tests. Antibacterial activity of Agaricus bisporus extracts (alcoholic and aqueous) was studied by agar well diffusion method. The results exhibited that aqueous mushroom extract has no effect against the two tested bacteria, while alcoholic extract of mushroom affect against the two tested bacteria and the effect against S. aureus was more than that against Salmonella typhi and the zone of inhibition was 15 mm and 9 mm respectively. The ethanol alcohol 96% and water were used as control. From this study, mushroom extracts especially ethanolic or alcoholic could be used to control the transmission of pathogenic bacteria from food



Author Biography

  • Ebtehal Hamid, Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad-Iraq.


    Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad-Iraq.
    Corresponding Author: alyatiba@yahoo.co.uk

Published

2018-03-01

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Articles

How to Cite

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Antibacterial Activity of Alcoholic and Aqueous Extracts of Agaricus Bisporus Against Food Borne Bacterial Pathogens. ANJS 2018, 21 (1), 111-114.