Evaluation of the effect of extracting solvent on antibacterial and antifungal properties of green tea

The plant based antimicrobial compounds have received great attentions last decades. Among plant, green tea is a very interesting medicinal plant due to its various antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds. Thus the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of solvent type on antimicrobial activity of gained extract. Three common solvent, namely, ethanol (80%), ethyl acetate and hexane were selected as polar, semi polar and non-polar solvents, respectively. The results indicated that among selected solvents, the ethanol (80%) had the highest extraction efficiency (7%) compared to ethyl acetate (3%) and hexane (2%). The antibacterial analysis was also shown that the obtained extract from ethanol (80%) possess the least minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration (250 mg/L) on either selected gram positive Staphylococcus aureus or gram negative E.coli bacteria. Consequently, it shows the highest antibacterial activity compared to other extracts. The ethanol based extract with obtained MIC and MBC concentrations gives antifungal effects as well, with 60% growth inhibition