Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of the methanol extracts from 8 traditional medicinal plants.

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Author	Kang, Chang-Geun Hah, Dae-Sik Kim, Chung-Hui Kim, Young-Hwan Kim, Euikyung Kim, Jong-Shu
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	The methanol extract of 12 medicinal plants were evaluated for its antibacterial activity against Gram-positive (5 strains) and Gram-negative bacteria (10 strains) by assay for minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bacterial concentration (MBC) . The antibacterial activity was determined by an agar dilution method (according to the guidelines of Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute) . All the compounds (12 extracts) of the 8 medicinal plants (leaf or root) were active against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Gram-negative showed a more potent action than Gram positive bacteria. The MIC concentrations were various ranged from 0.6 μg/ml to 5000 μg/ml. The lowest MIC (0.6 μg/ml) and MBC (1.22 μg/ml) values were obtained with extract on 4 and 3 of the 15 microorganisms tested, respectively.
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ISSN	19768257
Journal	Toxicological Research [Toxicol Res]
Volume Number	27
PubMed Central reference number	PMC3834511
Issue Number	1
PubMed reference number	24278548
e-ISSN	22342753
DOI	10.5487/tr.2011.27.1.031
Language	English
Publisher	The Korean Society of Toxicology
Publisher Date	2011-03-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	Copyright ©2011, The Korean Society of Toxicology
Subject Keyword	Antimicrobial activity traditional medicinal plants minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) minimum bacterial concentration (MBC) methanol extract agar dilution method .
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Toxicology