Antimycobacterial screening of some Turkish plants


Tosun F., Kizilay C., Sener B., Vural M., Palittapongarnpim P.

JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, vol.95, pp.273-275, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 95
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.07.011
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.273-275
  • Keywords: antimycobacterial activity, antituberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS
  • Gazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Extracts of 44 plant species distributed among 17 families from Turkey were screened against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra using microplate Alamar blue assay test. Six plants inhibited growth of M. tuberculosis H37Ra at 50 mug/ml concentrations. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.