@article{ajmr2014225,
author={{Tahera, Jannatun and Feroz, Farahnaaz and Senjuti, Jessica Das and Das, Kamal Kanta and Noor, Rashed},
title={Demonstration of Anti-Bacterial Activity of commonly available Fruit Extracts in Dhaka, Bangladesh},
journal={American Journal of Microbiological Research},
volume={2},
number={2},
pages={68--73},
year={2014},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmr/2/2/5},
abstract={Present study attempted to determine the antimicrobial activity of extracts from commonly consumed fruits including guava (<i>Psidium guajava</i>), malta (<i>Citrus sinensis</i>), apple (<i>Malus domestica</i>), orange (<i>Citrus reticulate</i>) and dragon fruit (<i>Hylocereus polyrhizus</i>) against <i>Bacillus</i> spp., <i>Pseudomonas</i> spp., <i>Vibrio</i> spp., <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Klebsiella</i> spp., <i>Staphylococcus</i> spp., <i>Listeria</i> spp., <i>Salmonella</i> spp., and <i>Aeromonas</i> spp. Of the fruits examined, malta and orange samples were observed to be most effective against the test organisms, whereas dragon fruit was the least effective one. Among all the bacteria tested, <i>Bacillus</i> spp. seemed to be most susceptible to the anti-bacterial activity of the fruits, whereas <i>Aeromonas</i> spp. seemed to be the most resistant one. No significant difference in antimicrobial activity was observed among the imported and local fruit extracts.},
doi={10.12691/ajmr-2-2-5}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}