Study the effects of crude sonchus oleeaceus extract on infectious agents in vitro

Abstract

This study was designed to evaluate the prophylactic and pathological effect of the ethanolic (EE), cold aqueous (CAE), and hot aqueous (HAE) extracts of the Sonchus oleraceus on virulent bacteria in vitro, and on cancer cells growth as in vivo. In vitro study the three extracts was conducted on species of virulent bacteria including Salmonella typhimuriu, Pseudomonas aerogenosas, Staph aureus and Escherichia coli by using the concentration 100 mg for each extract, and also the virulent bacteria was dealt by mixing of each one of the three extracts with lactobacillus in equal quantities, to know the differences of toxic effect of extracts. The study was manifested toxic effect of the three extracts on the virulent bacteria, also these extracts showed different effects on bacterial growth, and the highest effect for the three extracts were found on Pseudomonas aerogenosa, and the special effect was by hot aqueous extract