Antibacterial activity of medicinal plants against pathogens causing complicated urinary tract infections
| Autor: | Padmini Ramteke, Virendra Kumar Patel, S Chandraker, Anjana Sharma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Klebsiella pneumoniae Short Communication multidrug resistant Pharmaceutical Science Biology Azadirachta biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause Ocimum Enterococcus faecalis Microbiology Terminalia chebula antibacterial activity Cassia Urinary tract infection (UTI) medicine Indian medicinal plants Antibacterial activity |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| ISSN: | 0250-474X |
| Popis: | Seventeen Indian folklore medicinal plants were investigated to evaluate antibacterial activity of aqueous, ethanol and acetone extracts against 66 multidrug resistant isolates of major urinary tract pathogens (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis) by disc diffusion method. Ethanol extract of Zingiber officinale and Punica granatum showed strong antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli. Ethanol extracts of Terminalia chebula and Ocimum sanctum exhibited antibacterial activity against Klebsiella pneumoniae. Ethanol extract of Cinnamomum cassia showed maximum antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa while ethanol extract of Azadirachta indica and Ocimum sanctum exhibited antibacterial activity against Enterococcus faecalis. The results support the folkloric use of these plants in the treatment of urinary tract infections by the tribals of Mahakoshal region of central India. |
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