The Journal of Phytopharmacology, 2017;6(2):93-97 ; DOI:10.31254/phyto.2017.6205
Antimicrobial activity of some plant species used for the medical purpose in Turkey
PInar Erecevit1 , Sevda Kirbag2
1. Associate Professor, Department of The Food Processing, Pertek Sakine Genç Vocational School, Munzur University, TR 62000-Tunceli, Turkey
2. Department of Biology, Science Faculty, F?rat University, TR 23119-Elaz??, Turkey
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 3rd January, 2017 / Accepted: 11th April, 2017
?n this study, the antimicrobial activities of eight species plants, used for treatment of various diseases, were investigated. The extracts of Rhus coriaria L., Pistacia terebinthus L. subsp. palestina, Centaurea virgata Lav., Euphorbia macroclada Boiss., Ceterach officinarum DC., Echinophora tenuifolia L. subsp. sibthorpianal (Guss) Tutin, Equisetum romasissimum Desf., Umbilicus erectus DC. have been prepared with methanol and the antimicrobial activities of these extracts have been examined on test microorganisms as follows: Staphylococcus aureus COWAN 1, Bacillus megaterium DSM 32, Klebsiella pneumoniae FMC 5, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Candida albicans FMC 17, Candida glabrata ATCC 66032, C. tropicalis ATCC 13803, Trichophyton sp. and Epidermophyton sp. by disc diffusion methods. The MIC values of plant extracts were determined acording to the microdilutions assays. Results from obtained experimental studies showed that the extracts of R. coriaria, P. terebinthus sub. sp. palestina, U. erectus and C. virgata have been inhibited the growth of all over the microorganisms used in the test at different ratio. But the extracts of E. macroclada, C. officinarum, E. tenuifolia, L. sibthorpianal, E. romasissimum had no effect against some bacteria, yeasts and dermatophyta used in study. Also, The MIC values of real extracts have been determined as 20 - 0.3125 mg/ml.
Antimicrobial activity, Pathogen microorganisms, Medicinal plants.
HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE
Erecevit P, K?rba? S. Antimicrobial activity of some plant species used for the medical purpose in Turkey. J Phytopharmacol 2017;6(2):93-97.
Creative Commons (CC) License-
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Copyright
Copyright © 2017 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article. This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Liscense 4.0.