Assessment activity of Crocus sativus L. extract against bacteria causes Urinary Tract Infection
Keywords:
Medicinal plants, Antimicrobial effects, Pathogenic bacteria, saffron, UTI.Abstract
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the invasion and growth expansion of bacteria in a part
of the urinary tract system, most of the time (about 80% to 85%) it caused by Escherichia
coli. E.coli are one of the most core sources of the disease and infect peoples of all ages. This
infection could lead to many difficult issues, including the most attention-grabbing issue
which is the increasing of microbial resistance to antibiotics. Nowadays, the increased
bacterial resistance to antibiotic has make room to herbal therapies with less side effects
supersede the conservative medicines. Consequently, this study focused on the antibacterial
effects of methanolic extract of saffron petal against E.coli strains.The method used to
evaluate the extract effect is the disc diffusion method. The result showed that the crude
extract has a very effective antibacterial activity against the mentioned bacteria causing UTI.
More studies should be conducted to verify the safety of the extract, and then it could be
considered as an alternative for antibiotics used in UTI treatment.
