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Antifungal and Antibacterial activity of Fig Fruit Latexes from two Ficus species Plants

Noor Maath Ahmed

Department of Biology , College of Science , Tikrit University , Tikrit , Iraq

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Abstract

This study evaluate the antimicrobial effect of the fig latex (Ficus carica and Ficus elastica) against some pathogenic bacteria, such as (Escherichia coli stool patient, Salmonella spp, Staphylococcus aureus ,Pseudomonas aeruginosa ,Klebsiella spp., Escherichia coli UTI and Seratia spp,  Aeromonas hydrophila, and Proteus mirabilis) , and yeasts (Candida tropicalis ,Candida albicans, Candida sojae , Candida kefyr ,Candida cruzi, , and Cryptococcus neoformans) these samples obtained from the laboratory of fungi and bacteriology from Baghdad University / College of Science / Department of biotechnology. The results obtained showed that the Ficus carica latex has exhibited more antibacterial activity than Ficus elastica. While both Salmonella spp and Escherichia coli stool patient were being more sensitive than other pathogenic bacteria in this study, and also antifungal activity of Ficus carica latex was more inhibition effect than Ficus elastica m using agar well diffusion method for determination of inhibitory zone diameter, also both Candida tropicalis and Candida albicans were recorded the higher inhibition zone (30mm, 25mm) respectively than other yeasts (Candida sojae, Candida kefyr ,Candida cruzi ,and Cryptococcus neoformans). The study concluded that fig fruit latex have antimicrobial activity against some pathogenic bacteria especial Enteric bacteria and some yeast species Candida, Cryptococcus.

Keywords:Antifungal activity, antibacterial activity, latex, Ficus carica,Ficus elastica.