Components and antibacterial activity of the roots of Salvia jaminiana

A Kabouche; N Boutaghane; Z Kabouche; E Seguin; F Tillequin; K Benlabed

doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2005.03.011

Components and antibacterial activity of the roots of Salvia jaminiana

Fitoterapia. 2005 Jul;76(5):450-2. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2005.03.011.

Authors

A Kabouche¹, N Boutaghane, Z Kabouche, E Seguin, F Tillequin, K Benlabed

Affiliation

¹ Université Mentouri-Constantine, Faculté des Sciences, Laboratoire d'Obtention de Substances Thérapeutiques, 25000 Constantine, Algéria. zkabouche@hotmail.com

PMID: 15893885
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2005.03.011

Abstract

The acetone extract of the roots of Salvia jaminiana, containing the sterols campestanol, stigmasterol and sitosterol, and five known diterpenoids, ferruginol, cryptanol, 6,7-dehydroroyleanon, 6-hydroxysalvinolone and microstegiol, remarkably inhibited the growth of Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 and Streptococcus alpha-hemolitic.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacillus subtilis / drug effects
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Phytotherapy*
Plant Extracts / administration & dosage
Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
Plant Extracts / therapeutic use
Plant Roots
Salvia*
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Staphylococcus haemolyticus / drug effects

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Plant Extracts