Antibacterial activity of some salt marsh halophytes and mangrove plants against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
| Autor: | Krishnan Kannathasan, K. Prabhakar, M. Chandrasekaran, Venugopalan Venkatesalu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category biology Physiology General Medicine Excoecaria agallocha biology.organism_classification Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Halophile Halophyte Salt marsh Ceriops decandra Botany Mangrove Antibacterial activity Aegiceras corniculatum Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 25:155-160 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0972 0959-3993 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11274-008-9869-1 |
| Popis: | The antibacterial activity of aqueous and methanol extracts of leaves/shoots of five salt marsh halophytes and six mangroves was studied against methicillin resistant, clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. There was a clear comparability between the salt marsh halophytes and mangroves in their antibacterial action. The mangrove plants possessed higher antibacterial potency than the salt marsh halophytes. The highest activity was recorded with the methanol extract of Excoecaria agallocha followed by the methanol extracts of Aegiceras corniculatum, Lumnitzera racemosa and Ceriops decandra. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values ranged from 0.125 to 4 mg/mL and 1 to 16 mg/mL for methanol and aqueous extracts, respectively. Further separation of active principle from the potent mangrove plant will be useful for the control of drug resistant strains of S. aureus. |
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