Demonstration of Antimicrobial Activity of Commercial Oolong Tea and Green Tea Against Pathogenic Bacteria

Md. Sakil Munna; Samia Quaiyum; Helena Forunato

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Demonstration of Antimicrobial Activity of Commercial Oolong Tea and Green Tea Against Pathogenic Bacteria

Md. Sakil Munna, Samia Quaiyum, Helena Forunato

Published in American Journal of Plant Biology (Volume 3, Issue 1)

Received: 17 December 2017 Accepted: 29 January 2018 Published: 2 March 2018

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Abstract

While an array of plants has long been used for the preparation of medicines, tea plants can be used for disease medication since they have been reported to possess anti-bacterial attributes. Present study emphasized on the assessment of antimicrobial activity of tea against Bacillus spp. (SkB01), E. coli (SkE01), Klebsiella spp. (SkK01), Pseudomonas spp. (SkP01), Salmonella spp. (SkS01), Vibrio spp. (SkV01). Oolong tea and green tea were used to determine the antimicrobial activity employing minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) methods. The results clearly illustrated interesting antimicrobial potentials of both experimented teas against the tested microorganisms. Oolong tea exhibited the anti- bacterial activity against E. coli (SkE01), Klebsiella spp. (SkK01), Pseudomonas spp. (SkP01) and Salmonella spp. (SkS01). As well, green tea exhibited the anti-bacterial activity against Bacillus spp. (SkB01) and Vibrio spp. (SkV01). The in vitro anti-bacterial activity of oolong tea and green tea against the bacterial pathogens revealed most of the tea plants to be effective against the growth and survival of the pathogenic bacteria.

Published in	American Journal of Plant Biology (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajpb.20180301.12
Page(s)	8-11
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Oolong Tea, Green Tea, Antimicrobial Activity, Pathogenic Bacteria, Natural Medicines

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Md. Sakil Munna

Department of Microbiology, Stamford University Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Samia Quaiyum

Department of Natural History Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Helena Forunato

Department of Natural History Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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