Assessment of Anti-Quorum Sensing Activity for Some Ornamental and Medicinal Plants Native to Egypt
| Autor: | Mohamed Amer, M. F. Lahloub, Nadia E. Hashish, Mona I. Shaaban, Ahmed A. Zaki |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Piper
biology Traditional medicine Bauhinia Lantana camara Pharmaceutical Science food and beverages Herbal extracts biology.organism_classification Antimicrobial agents Quorum sensing Taraxacum officinale Ornamental plant Antiquorum sensing Medicinal plants Chromobacterium violaceum Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Scientia Pharmaceutica Volume 81 Issue 1 Pages 251-258 |
| ISSN: | 2218-0532 |
| DOI: | 10.3797/scipharm.1204-26 |
| Popis: | This study investigated the effects of some plant extracts on the bacterial communication system, expressed as quorum sensing (QS) activity. Quorum sensing has a directly proportional effect on the amount of certain compounds, such as pigments, produced by the bacteria. Alcohol extracts of 23 ornamental and medicinal plants were tested for anti-QS activity by the Chromobacterium violaceum assay using the agar cup diffusion method. The screening revealed the anti-QS activity of six plants namely the leaves of Adhatoda vasica Nees, Bauhinia purpurea L., Lantana camara L., Myoporum laetum G. Forst. the fruits of Piper longum L. and the aerial parts of Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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