Activity of Aqueous and Alcoholic Extract for Althea rosea Flowers Against Many Gram Positive and Negative Bacteria

This research aim to study antibacterial activity of aqueous and alcoholic extract of Althea rose flowers which belong to Malvaceae family against some pathogenic bacteria. The results showed that aqueous in its wet state was more active than the dried aqueous extract and the alcoholic extract were more active than aqueoues extract, and it was found that there were differences in the sensitivity of studied bacteria towards that extract. Salmonella typhi and Klebsiella species were the most sensitive. Besides, it was shown the superiority of that extract activity upon some of those antibiotics according to the type of studied bacteria, which may indicate the capability of using this extract to control pathogens which are sensitive to it.