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Antibacterial Activity Of Four Plant Extracts Used In Palestine In Folkloric Medicine Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Bassam Abu-Shanab, Ghaleb Mohammad Adwan, Naser Jarrar, Awni Abu-Hijleh, Kamel Adwan
Antibacterial Activity Of Four Plant Extracts Used In Palestine In Folkloric Medicine Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Bassam Abu-Shanab, Ghaleb Mohammad Adwan, Naser Jarrar, Awni Abu-Hijleh, Kamel Adwan
Turkish Journal of Biology
Ethanolic and hot water extracts from 4 different plant species used in Palestine in popular medicine for the treatment of several ailments of microbial and non-microbial origin were evaluated for potential antimicrobial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Both water and ethanol extracts of Mentha longifolia, Melissa officinalis and Rosa damascena were effective on MRSA. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) values of the ethanolic extract of M. longifolia and M. officinalis were in the range of 3.125 to 12.50 mg/ml and 12.50 to 25.00 mg/ml, respectively. The ethanolic extract with the greatest antimicrobial activity was …
Antibacterial Activities Of Some Plant Extracts Utilized In Popular Medicine In Palestine, Bassam Abu-Shanab, Ghaleb Mohammad Adwan, Dahood Abu-Safiya, Naser Jarrar, Kamel Adwan
Antibacterial Activities Of Some Plant Extracts Utilized In Popular Medicine In Palestine, Bassam Abu-Shanab, Ghaleb Mohammad Adwan, Dahood Abu-Safiya, Naser Jarrar, Kamel Adwan
Turkish Journal of Biology
The antibacterial activities of hot water, methanol and ethanol extracts of 5 plant extracts utilized in Palestine in popular medicine were studied. The dried extracts of Syzyium aromaticum (Myrtaceae) (seed), Cinnamomum cassia (Lauraceae) (cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon) (bark), Salvia officinalis (Lamiaceaea) (leaf), Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceaea) (leaf) and Rosmarinus officinalis (Labiatae) (leaf) were tested in vitro against 4 bacterial species by disk diffusion and micro-dilution. The patterns of inhibition varied with the plant extract, the solvent used for extraction, and the organism tested. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 were the most inhibited microorganisms. S. aromaticum extract was …