Chemical constituents of the roots of Algerian Bunium incrassatum and evaluation of its antimicrobial activity

Abstract

In this study we investigated the chemical composition of the roots of Bunium incrassatum growing in Algeria; two coumarins, β-sitosterol, sucrose and oleic acid were isolated from methylene chloride:methanol (1/1) extract of the roots of this species. Furthermore, antimicrobial activity of the crude extract was evaluated using agar diffusion method. The antimicrobial results showed that the crude extract had a great potential antimicrobial activity against all the tested microorganisms especially fungal strains.