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In vitro screening of five local medicinal plants for antibacterial activity using Related Links
disc diffusion method.
Antibacterial activity of Elaeagnus umbellata (Thunb.) a
medicinal plant from Pakistan. [Saudi Med J. 2007]
Zaidan MR, Noor Rain A, Badrul AR, Adlin A, Norazah A, Zakiah I.
Screening for antimicrobial activity of ten medicinal
Bioassay Unit, Herbal Medicine Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala [BMC Com
plants used in Colombian plement
folkloric Altern Med.
medicine: 2006]
a possible
Lumpur. alternative in the treatment of non-nosocomial infections.
Screening of some Palestinian medicinal plants for
Medicinal plants have many traditional claims including the treatment of ailments of antibacterial activity. [J Ethnopharmacol. 2000]
infectious origin. In the evaluation of traditional claims, scientific research is Antibacterial activity of ethanolic and aqueous extracts
important. The objective of the study was to determine the presence of of Acacia aroma Gill. ex Hook et Arn. [Life Sci. 2004]
antibacterial activity in the crude extracts of some of the commonly used
Antibacterial properties of traditionally used Indian
medicinal plants in Malaysia, Andrographis paniculata, Vitex negundo, Morinda medicinal plants.[Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol. 2007]
citrifolia, Piper sarmentosum, and Centella asiatica. In this preliminary investigation,
the leaves were used and the crude extracts were subjected to screening against » See all Related Articles...
five strains of bacteria species, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA), Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
and Escherichia coli, using standard protocol of Disc Diffusion Method (DDM). The
antibacterial activities were assessed by the presence or absence of inhibition
zones and MIC values. M. citrifolia, P. sarmentosum and C. asiatica methanol
extract and A. paniculata (water extract) have potential antibacterial activities to
both gram positive S. aureus and Methicillin Resistant S. aureus (MRSA). None of
the five plant extracts tested showed antibacterial activities to gram negative E.
coli and K. pneumoniae, except for A. paniculata and P. sarmentosum which
showed activity towards P. aeruginosa. A. paniculata being the most potent at MIC
of 2 g/disc. This finding forms a basis for further studies on screening of local
medicinal plant extracts for antibacteria properties.
PMID: 16883283 [PubMed - in process]

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