ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF SOME ENDEMIC PLANTS (SALVIA CRYPTANTHA, ORIGANUM ACUTIDENS, THYMUS SIPYLEUS SSP. SIPYLEUS)

Year 2002, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 77 - 81, 01.12.2002

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Abstract

In this study, Salvia cryptantha Montbret & Aucher Ex Bentham, Origanum acutidens (Handz.-Mazz.) Ietswaart, Thymus sipyleus Boiss. subsp. sipyleus, which were collected from Erzincan have been investigated in respect of their antimicrobial activities against these bacteria and yeast: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans. For this purpose, the ethanol extracts of plants were prepared and tested by “Disc Diffusion Method”. As a result of this study it was found that the extracts of plants generally revealed antimicrobial activity against gram positive bacteria but had no antimicrobial activity against gram negative bacteria and yeast Candida albicans.

Keywords

Antimicrobial activity, Salvia cryptantha, Origanum acutidens, Thymus sipyleus subsp. sipyleus

BAZI ENDEMİK BİTKİLERİN (SALVIA CRYPTANTHA, ORIGANUM ACUTIDENS, THYMUS SIPYLEUS SSP. SIPYLEUS) ANTİMKROBİYAL ETKİLERİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Erzincan bölgesinden toplanan Salvia cryptantha Montbret Aucher Ex Bentham, Origanum acutidens (Handz.-Mazz.) Ietswaart, Thymus sipyleus Boiss. subsp. sipyleus, endemik bitkilerinin Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Staphylococcus aureus bakterilerine ve Candida albicans mayasına karşı olan antimikrobiyal aktiviteleri incelenmiştir. Bu amaçla bitkilerin etanol ekstraktları çıkarılıp disk diffüzyon yöntemiyle test edilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonucunda, bitki ekstraktlarının gram pozitif bakterilere karşı antimikrobiyal etkileri saptanırken, gram negatif bakterilere ve Candida albicans mayasına karşı aynı etkisi saptanamamıştır.

Keywords

Antimikrobiyal aktivite, Salvia cryptantha, Origanum acutidens, Thymus sipyleus subsp. sipyleus

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