@article{MAKHILLIJTM20061319690,
    title = {The Pattern of Potassium and Protein Leakage from Microbial Cells by <I>Vernonia tenoreana </I>Leaf Extract},
    journal = {International Journal of Tropical Medicine},
    volume = {1},
    number = {3},
    pages = {100-102},
    year = {2006},
    issn = {1816-3319},
    doi = {ijtmed.2006.100.102},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-3319&doi=ijtmed.2006.100.102},
    author = {A.O. Ogundare},
    keywords = {Extracts,leakage,potassium ion,protein,organisms},
    abstract = {The mechanism of action of the leaf extracts of <I>V. tenoreana</I> on some pathogens was investigated. The   pathogens  included <I> Staphylococcus  aureus </I>(NCIB 67), <I> Bacillus subtilis </I> (NCIB3610), <I>Pseudomonas aeruginosa </I>(NCIB 950) and <I>Escherichia coli</I> (NCIB 86). Crude extract of  the leaf was obtained using methanol and distilled water (in ratio 2:3 v/v).   The extract leaked potassium and protein from the cells of <I>S. aureus, B. subtilis, E .coli</I> and <I>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</I>. Protein was leaked increasingly from the bacterial cells during the first 60 mins of interaction, after which a continuous decrease in the  protein leakage began. However, the leakage of potassium ions from the cells of the pathogen followed an increasing trend throughout. The leaf extract<I> </I>leaked 0.30 M of potassium from <I>S. aureus</I> at ten minutes interaction, while as much as 103.87 M was leaked at 60 min interaction from the same organism.}
    }