In vitro antimicrobial activity of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of leaves of Ficus carica collected from five different regions of Morocco

Aqueous and ethanolic extracts of leaves of ficus carica collected from different regions in morocco were screened for their antimicrobial activity against sixteen pathogenic bacterial strains and eight pathogenic yeast strains using agar well diffusion method and the determination of minimum inhibitory concentration was done by microtitration technique. the result obtained showed that the aqueous extract was active against grampositive bacteria more than gram-negative bacteria but not active against yeast strains. ethanolic extract had strong antibmicrobial activity, the maximum zone of inhibition was noted for fez extract against staphylococcus epidermidis (21mm) with mic 25μg/ml and for al jadida extract against candida famata (14.7mm) with mic 50μg/ml. these results indicate to some benefits of fig leaves which can use to treatment the microbial infection