Antimycobacterial screening of some Turkish plants

F Tosun; C Akyüz Kizilay; B Sener; M Vural; P Palittapongarnpim

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2004.07.011

Antimycobacterial screening of some Turkish plants

J Ethnopharmacol. 2004 Dec;95(2-3):273-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.07.011.

Authors

F Tosun¹, C Akyüz Kizilay, B Sener, M Vural, P Palittapongarnpim

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, 06330 Ankara, Turkey. ftosun@gazi.edu.tr

PMID: 15507348
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.07.011

Abstract

Extracts of 44 plant species distributed among 17 families from Turkey were screened against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H(37)Ra using microplate Alamar blue assay test. Six plants inhibited growth of M. tuberculosis H(37)Ra at 50 microg/ml concentrations.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods
Microbial Sensitivity Tests / statistics & numerical data
Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
Plant Extracts / pharmacology
Plant Structures
Plants, Medicinal*
Turkey

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Plant Extracts