Antimicrobial Activities of Ethanol Extract of Banana (Musa sapientum L.) Peels against Organisms Associated with Urinary Tract Infection

Banana peels refers to the outer coverage of the banana fruit. Apart from serving as a food for man and animals, the banana plant also has medicinal values. Urinary Tract Infection is an infection that affects any parts of the urinary system (upper or lower). Its treatment and diagnosis are carried out with urine sample and antibiotics. Increased bacterial resistance to the conventional antibiotics has led to the development of alternative treatment for bacterial disease infections. This study is aimed at assessing the antimicrobial properties of fresh unripe and dried unripe banana peels against selected isolates from Urinary Tract Infection sample. The isolates from culture were further identified using biochemical tests. Fresh unripe and dry unripe were used to determine the antimicrobial activities. A measure of 150 grams of both fresh unripe and dry unripe was extracted with 100ml of 80% Ethanol solvent for about 2 days. The solvent extracts were concentrated separately under reduced pressure, 10g of each concentrated solvent extracts were dissolved in 5ml of sterile distilled water and used for antimicrobial assay using agar well diffusion method. The phytochemical analysis of fresh unripe and dry unripe showed that alkaloid, flavonoid, cardiac glycosids, phenols tannins and volatile oil were present. Musa sapientum L peels showed some effect on UTIs at 80% concentrations for ethanol. The peels of Musa sapientum exhibited some inhibitory activity on these selected UTIs isolates.