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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 …