Anti entero bacterial activity of hawthorn berry ethanolic extract an in vitro study

Enteric pathogens play a prominent role for causing health problems in most of the developing countries. These pathogens cause disease symptoms ranging from mild gastroenteritis to life threatening systemic infections and dehydrating diarrhea. Diarrhea genic organisms (E. coli, S.typhi,S.boydii,V.cholerae) are the most common bacterial pathogens implicated in diarrhea worldwide. To combat the spreading dreadful disease several researches have been done in plant extracts to prove its efficiency to treat diarrhea. My work is aimed to focus on the antibacterial activity of Hawthorn berry ethanolic extract (HBEE) against these enteric pathogens responsible for causing diarrhea.Macrobroth dilution method is employed in this study to find out Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and Minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC). Results concluded that HBEE showed significant antibacterial activity against enteric bacterial pathogens tested at different concentrations.