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JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 77, 期 2-3, 页码 151-157出版社
ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00290-2
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antibacterial activity; ethanolic extracts; Australian plants; Eremophila
Fifty-six ethanolic extracts of various parts of 39 plants used in traditional Australian Aboriginal medicine were investigated for their antibacterial activities against four Gram-positive (Bacillus cereus, Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes) and four Gram-negative (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella typhimurium) bacterial species. In a plate-hole diffusion assay, 12 extracts inhibited the growth of one or more of the bacteria, with five extracts showing broad spectrum antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria. B. cereus was the most susceptible bacterium, with all 12 extracts displaying activity against this organism. Extracts from the leaves of Eremophila species (Myoporaceae) were the most active, with Eremophila duttonii exhibiting the greatest activity (against Gram-positive bacteria). The antibacterial effects of E. duttonii were further investigated by time-course growth assays which showed that significant growth inhibition was observed in cultures incubated in the presence of the extract within I h for B. cereus, E. faecalis and S. aureus and 2 h for S. pyogenes. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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