THE ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF IPOMOEA PURPUREA AND ANTHOCYANINE PIGMENT EXTRACTS AGAINST GRAM POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE BACTERIA

Abstract

In this study ,the antibacterial activity of aqueous and purified pigment extracts of Ipomoea purpurea were tested against reference strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Esherichia coli . The preliminary qualitative tests showed that the two extracts have flavonoids, carbohydrates and glycosides ,While alkaloids found only in the aqueous extract ,Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) showed the presence of anthocyanin pigment , both extracts gave a clear activity against the tested strains with a minimal Inhibitory Concentration reached to 25mg/ml