Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of some endemic Verbascum, Sideritis, and Stachys species from Turkey
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2005
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Methanol extracts obtained from endemic Verbascum pseudoholotrichum Hub.-Mor., Verbascum cymigerum Hub.-Mor., Verbascum cholorostegium Bornm. & Murb., Verbascum linguifolium Hub.-Mor., Verbascum pellitum Hub.-Mor., Sideritis brevidens P.H. Davis, Sideritis cilicica Boiss. & Bal., Sideritis vuralii H. Duman & Baser, Stachys aleurites Boiss. & Heldr., and Stachys pinardii Boiss. have been investigated for their antimicrobial activity. Antimicrobial activity was determined with Escherichia coli ATCC 11230, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538P, Klebsiella pneumoniae UC57, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Proteus vulgaris ATCC 8427, Bacillus cereus ATCC 7064, Mycobacterium smegmatis CCM 2067, Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 15313, Micrococcus luteus CCM 169, Candida albicans ATCC 10231, Rhodotorula rubra DSM 70403, and Kluyveromyces fragilis ATCC 8608 by the disk diffusion method. Verbascum L. extracts had strong antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria and yeast cultures. The extracts of Stachys L. were effective only against bacteria. The extracts of Sideritis L. demonstrated antimicrobial effects against the bacteria and the yeast cultures used in this study. © 2005 Taylor & Francis Ltd.
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Aleurites , Bacillus cereus , Candida albicans , Escherichia coli , Klebsiella pneumoniae , Kluyveromyces marxianus , Listeria monocytogenes , Micrococcus luteus , Mycobacterium smegmatis , Posibacteria , Proteus vulgaris , Pseudomonas , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Rhodotorula mucilaginosa , Sideritis , Sideritis vuralii , Stachys , Staphylococcus aureus , Verbascum , methanol , Sideritis aleueritis extract , Sideritis brevidens extract , Sideritis cilicica extract , Sideritis pinardii extract , Sideritis vuralii extract , unclassified drug , Verbascum cholorostegium extract , Verbascum cymigerum extract , Verbascum linguifolium extract , Verbascum pellitum extract , Verbascum pseudoholotrichum extract , antimicrobial activity , article , Bacillus cereus , Candida albicans , diffusion , Escherichia coli , fungus culture , Klebsiella pneumoniae , Kluyveromyces , Listeria monocytogenes , Micrococcus luteus , Mycobacterium smegmatis , nonhuman , Proteus vulgaris , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Rhodotorula , Sideritis , Sideritis vuralii , Stachys , Stachys aleurites , Stachys pinardii , Staphylococcus aureus , Verbascum , Verbascum cholorostegium , Verbascum cymigerum , Verbascum linguifolium , Verbascum pellitum , Verbascum pseudoholotrichum