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Volume 13 | Issue 1 | Year 2023 | Article Id. IJBTT-V13I1P603 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22490183/IJBTT-V13I1P603

Salsola kali as a Potential Source of Antibacterial Agents; A Case Study from the Southwestern Mountains of Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Ali Alghamdi, Nasir Adam Ibrahim, Nosiba Hamid Basher, Faiza Ibrahim Ahmed Abdella

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25 Feb 2023 02 Apr 2023 17 Apr 2023 30 Apr 2023

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Ahmed Ali Alghamdi, Nasir Adam Ibrahim, Nosiba Hamid Basher, Faiza Ibrahim Ahmed Abdella, "Salsola kali as a Potential Source of Antibacterial Agents; A Case Study from the Southwestern Mountains of Saudi Arabia," International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT), vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 16-21, 2023. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22490183/IJBTT-V13I1P603

Abstract

Salsola kali, a member of the family Chenopodeaceae, is a perennial bushy species that recently invaded the Southwestern mountains of Saudi Arabia, causing degradation to natural habitats. The current study aimed to screen the phytochemicals and evaluate the antibacterial activities of various parts of S. kali aqueous extracts, to examine their therapeutic potential. Qualitative phytochemical screening for Salsola kali leaves, stems, and roots aqueous extract has been conducted. Also, the antibacterial activity of each extract was determined. The phytochemical analysis of leaves, stems, and roots aqueous extracts revealed varying amounts of alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids, tannins and saponins. In addition, the antibacterial results demonstrated that the inhibition zones are concentration-dependent, i.e. the more concentrated extract, the more inhibition action. Also, almost in all tests, the E. coli colony was significantly high susceptible than S. paratyphi and S. aureus, respectively, towards all Salsola kali aqueous extracts, and this trend was also noticed in gentamycin tests. The current study also concluded that all aqueous extracts of Salsola kali have considerable antibacterial activity compared to the antibiotic gentamycin. Moreover, leaf extracts have higher antimicrobial activities against S. aureus, S. paratyphi and E. coli than root extracts, while the stem extracts showed lower activity against the studied organisms. The current study suggested that investigating the medicinal potentialities of unwanted invasive plants, such as S. kali, is one of the alternative approaches towards turning them from a threat to natural habitats to a promising source of beneficial compounds, including antimicrobial agents.

Keywords

Phytochemical screening, Antimicrobial activity, Aqueous extract, Salsola kali.

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