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July 10, 2026Acta Microbiologica HellenicaOpen Access

FTIR Fingerprinting Unravels Solvent-Dependent Antibacterial Potentials of Vernonia amygdalina Leaf Extracts Against Selected Multidrug-Resistant ESKAPE Isolates

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YRYahaya Yunusa RikoZSZainab Nuruddeen SanusiMKMannir Kabir

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Randomized trial reveals antibacterial activity of Vernonia amygdalina extracts in MDR ESKAPE pathogens, indicating potential for new treatments.

Key Points

  • This research aims to evaluate the antibacterial potential and phytochemical profiles of Vernonia amygdalina extracts against multidrug-resistant ESKAPE pathogens.
  • Conducted maceration for extracting aqueous and n-hexane leaf extracts of Vernonia amygdalina.
  • Evaluated antibacterial activity using agar well diffusion technique and analyzed extracts using FTIR spectroscopy.
  • Determined statistical significance with Welch test and two-way ANOVA.
  • The n-hexane extract yielded 28.81%, significantly higher than the aqueous extract at 9.87% (p < 0.0001).
  • Both extracts showed significant antibacterial activity against selected pathogens, with p = 0.066 compared to positive control.
  • identified several bioactive metabolites, including terpenoids and flavonoids, through conventional screening and FTIR analysis.

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Riko et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a508d536eeac72a437a0d9ahttps://doi.org/10.3390/amh71030019
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