Antibacterial Activity of Rubus multibreatus Le’vl Plant Extracts Against Staphylococcus aureus

• Main Authors: Nkonge, Bancy, ChangLiang He
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research 2022
• Subjects: Bacterial inhibition; solvent extraction; flavonoids; true tannins; Gallic acid; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/13859

The genus Rubus is a family of shrubs and mostly edible berries such as rasp berries, blue berries, strawberries. Of the 2208 species, 331 are documented (3,) and about 139 native to China, and being a wild plant, it can grow anywhere except for Antarctica (1) and with a wide variety as well as fairly similar phyto-components(2). Rubus multibreatus is commonly known in China as Da wu pao, its leaves used in teas and to locally treat stomach upsets, haemorrhoids and rheumatism, (1). Over years, due to a variety of intraspecies, it has acquired different synonyms, which include; R.mallodes, R.andropoga, R.clinocephalus, R.pluribracteatus, R.terminalia and R.macroptera (4)