Antibacterial Activity of four Traditional Palestinian Plants Against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli
Supervisor Name
rola jadallah
Supervisor Email
rolla.jadallah@aaup.edu
University
Arab American university Palestine
Research field
Other
Bio
Rola Jadallah is an assistant professor for Biology & biotechnology at the Arab American University in Jenin. I am General Director for NIO call Tafawq concentrated on improving higher education. In 2015 Consulate Jerusalem honors Dr. Rola I. Jadallah for for the Women in Science. Member in Green life organization (NGO dealing with environmental issue) In October 2012 I became an elected member of the Araba municipality. I participate and trained in the Global Leadership Academy’s Passion and Politics Lab supported by German government . During the Lab, I started a change project called ‘Societal Accountability’. Also worked on three education projects as a director and a trainer for both pre service and in service teacher 2007 till now. I am Manager for Deep Democracy Institute at Oregon, Three year program Process-oriented Leadership (2007 till 2013).
In Palestine, traditional plants have been used to treat various infections for centuries. This study aims to investigate the antibacterial activity of six plants commonly used in Palestinian traditional medicine to treat bacterial infections. Methods: Ethanoic and aqueous extracts of clove (Syzygium aromaticum), cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum), peppermint (Mentha piperita), and silver nailroot (Paronychia argentea) will be tested against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, two common bacterial pathogens causing several infections in humans. The extracts will be incorporated into nutrient agar plates, and their antibacterial activity will be examined by the agar well diffusion method. Results will show the potential of traditional Palestinian plants for treating bacterial infections. The active compounds in these plants can be explored further to develop new antibacterial agents to combat antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains.
