ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF THREE ENDEMIC HYPERICUM SPECIES USED IN FOLKLORIC MEDICINE AGAINST METHICILIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT, cilt.23, ss.763-765, 2009 (SCI-Expanded)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 23
- Basım Tarihi: 2009
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/13102818.2009.10818535
- Dergi Adı: BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.763-765
- Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Aqueous and ethanolic extracts obtained from three endemic Hypericum species (H. rupestre, H. vacciniifolium and H. imbricatum) used as traditional medicine in Turkey have been investigated for their ability to inhibit 35 hospital isolates of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Both aqueous and ethanolic extracts of the plants were effective on MRSA. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) values of the ethanolic extract with the greatest antibacterial activity were those of Hypericum imbricatum (MIC 0.1-0.4 mg/mL and MBC 0.4-1.6 mg/mL).