Vol. 28 No. 4 (2015), Artykuły
Vol. 28 No. 4 (2015)

Antimicrobial activity of petroleum ether and methanolic extracts from fruits of Seseli devenyense Simonk. and the herb of Peucedanum luxurians Tamam.

Artykuły
Published 2015-12-30
Jaroslaw Widelski
Department Pharmacognosy with Medicinal Plant Unit, Medical University of Lublin, 1 Chodzki, 20-093, Lublin, Poland
Agnieszka Grzegorczyk
Department Pharmacognosy with Medicinal Plant Unit, Medical University of Lublin, 1 Chodzki, 20-093, Lublin, Poland
Anna Malm
Department Pharmacognosy with Medicinal Plant Unit, Medical University of Lublin, 1 Chodzki, 20-093, Lublin, Poland
Ioanna Chinou
Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Product, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Greece
Kazimierz Głowniak
Department of Cosmetology, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Kielnarowa 386a, 36-020 Tyczyn, Poland
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Keywords

coumarins
antimicrobial
Peucedanum luxurians
Seseli devenyense
Staphylococcus

Abstract

Plants of the Apiaceae family usually contain coumarins. These are used worldwide in traditional medicine, as well as in modern therapeutics. The aim of our study was to determine the antimicrobial activity of four extracts (methanolic and petroleum ether extracts) obtained from two Apiaceae species: Seseli devenyense (fruits) and Peucedanum luxurians (herb).
The activity of the investigated extracts was tested against 7 strains of Gram+ bacteria, and 7 strains of Gram-, as well as three of yeast. The results of this show that the best activity of such extracts (specifically, by way of petroleum ether) was seen as being against Staphylococcus aureus strains.

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