Studies on the antimicrobial potential of plant extract of banana (Genus Musa) in Indonesia

The positive impact of the discovery antibiotics coupled with advances in development antimicrobial drugs has improved human health. Unfortunately, prolonged use increased microbial resistance. That is why research to find natural ingredients that have potential be developed into plant-derived continues carried out throughout world. Among plants been intensively studied for their properties are bananas Genus Musa (family Musaceae). In Indonesia, last decade there quite a lot studies on banana plant extracts. Bananas known contain variety bioactive compounds antimicrobial, such as: lycopene, saponins, alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, phenols, terpenoids, anthocyanins. Microbes proven affected crude extracts fungi as Trichophyton rubrum, Candida albicans and Pityrosporum ovale bacteria Enterococcus faecalis, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus plantarum, Klebsiella pneumonia, faecalis. Therefore it can concluded used source medicine.