Antimicrobial activities of some plants from the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey

• Published in: Pharmaceutical biology Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 334 - 339
• Main Authors: Ulukanli, Z, Ulukanli, S, Ozbay, H, Ilcim, A, Tuzcu, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lisse Informa UK Ltd 2005; Taylor & Francis; Swets & Zeitlinger
• Subjects: acetone; Acinos; aerial parts; Agar well diffusion method; Ajuga; antibacterial properties; antimicrobial activity; bacteria; Biological and medical sciences; General pharmacology; herbs; hexane; in vitro culture; Lamiaceae; Lycopus europaeus; Medical sciences; medicinal plants; methanol; Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; phytochemicals; plant extracts; Polygonaceae; roots; Rumex crispus; supercritical fluid extraction; traditional medicine; Turkey (country); Asia; Turkey; Pharmacognosy; Polygonaceae; plant extracts; Lamiaceae; antimicrobial activity; Antimicrobial agent; Medicinal plant; Labiatae; Agar well diffusion method; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Plant origin; Spermatophyta
• ISSN: 1388-0209; 1744-5116
• DOI: 10.1080/13880200590951757

ABSTRACT Crude extracts obtained from the roots and aerial parts of Rumex crispus.L. and Acinos rotundifolius.Pers. and the whole plants of Ajuga chamaepitys. L. and of Lycopus europaeus. L. were evaluated for in vitro. antimicrobial activity against five Gram-positive bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus., Micrococcus luteus, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus subtilis. var. niger., and three Gram-negative bacteria including Aeromonas hydrophila, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa., and the yeast Candida albicans.. The inhibition zone diameter was determined for each extract using the agar well diffusion method at a concentration of 12.5 mg ml. The acetone extracts of the roots of R. crispus. and A. rotundifolius. demonstrated significant inhibitory effects against most microorganisms under test.