In-vitro phytochemical and antibacterial activity of Abies cilicica subsp. cilicica

Leaf and flowering cones methanolic,ethanolic and acetonic extracts of abies cilicica subsp. cilicica plant were screened for phytochemical and inhibitory effect against 8 bacterial isolates. qualitative phytochemical assay revealed that,flowering cones acetone extract exhibited the most of bioactive compounds compared to the leaf extracts with all examined solvents. antibacterial activity of a. cilicica subsp. cilicica was determined by measuring the zone inhibition diameter (zis),activity index (a.i) and minimum inhibitory concentrations (mics) against 8 bacteria (staphylococcus aureus,listeria monocytogenes,bacillus cereus,salmonella typhimurium,escherichia colt 0157,acinetobacter baumannii,brucella abortus wapseudomonas aeruginosa) isolates. overall,acetonic flowering cones extracts were more potent against all tested isolates compared to the leaf ones. the lowest mics value was recorded to be 0.42,0.52 and 1.04 μg/ml for acetone,methanol and ethanol flowering cones,respectively,against the same pathogen a. baumannii. based upon the current investigation,a. cilicica spp. cilicica could be considered as a potential endemic source against bacterial isolates.