Antibacterial Activities of Water Melon (Citrillus Lanatu) Seed Extracts Against Some Selected Bacteria

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@article{1722600,
      author = {Abdulwahab Musa, F. A. Abadam, Yakaka Mohammed Alkali, Mohammed Buba},
      title = {Antibacterial Activities of Water Melon (Citrillus Lanatu) Seed Extracts Against Some Selected Bacteria},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2026},
      volume = {10},
      number = {2},
      pages = {3826-3832},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1722600.pdf},
      abstract = {Plants are reservoirs of different kinds of phytochemicals used for treatment of infections and other diseases. This study was aimed at evaluating the antibacterial activities of Citrullus lanatus (watermelon) seeds against some selected bacteria. Ethanol was used to obtain the extracts and they were analyzed for the presence of carbohydrates, alkaloids, glycosides, tannins and saponins. Out of the phytochemicals screened, only saponins were not detected in both aqueous and ethanolic extract. Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, bacillus spp. and Proteus spp. were selected for antibiotic susceptibility testing. Antibacterial activity revealed that S. aureus, E. coli, and proteus spp. were most Susceptible to the extracts at concentrations ranging from 50mg/ml to 25mg/ml. Proteus spp. was observed to be resistant especially to the ethanolic extract. Largest zone of inhibition (25mm) was produced against Staphylococcus aureus using aqueous extract at 50mg/ml. Higher concentrations were generally effective than the lower concentration whereas, ciprofloxacin (control) exert better activity than either of the extracts. The findings of this study showed that seeds of C. lanatus contained bioactive compounds with potent antibacterial activity and thus could be used as herbal preparations just as the other parts of the plant.},
      keywords = {antibacterial, phytochemical, proximate analysis, solvent, Watermelon},
      month = {August},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.64388/ire1722600}
  }