ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY AND TLC-BIOTOGRAPHY PROFILE OF THE ETHYL ACETAT FRACTION OF ASIAN PIGEONWINGS FLOWER (Clitoria ternatea) AGAINST Escherichia coli

<p>Infectious diseases are caused by the presence of microorganisms that enter and develop in body, causing several clinical symptoms signs. One infectious is diarrhea <em>Escherichia coli</em>. There many potential herbal plants as alternative antibacterial antibiotics, one which comes from Asian pigeonwings flower (<em>Clitoria ternatea</em>). This study aims to determine activity ethyl acetate fraction flower, phytochemical compounds its TLC-bioautography profile. The compound was extracted maceration using ethanol then fractionated made solutions with concentrations 5, 10, 20, 40%, respectively. experiment carried out 3 replications well diffusion method followed Phytochemical were determined thin layer chromatography (TLC). Antibacterial data analyzed Way ANOVA continued Tukey HSD 5% through SPSS. had best at a concentration 40% an inhibition zone diameter 11.54 mm. showed significantly different each it can be said able inhibit growth <em>E. contained flavonoids alkaloids being most active inhibiting coli.</em></p>