Antimicrobial activity of selected Malaysian plants
Methanolic extracts of seventeen Malaysian plants were screened against fungi, including yeast and candida, as well as gram negative and gram positive bacteria. Antimicrobial activities were present in extracts prepared from Borreria latifolia, B. selidens, Hedyotis diffusa, H. nudicaulis, Morinda...
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Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
1995
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3291/1/Antimicrobial_Activity_of_Selected_Malaysian_Plants.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3291/ http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JTAS%20Vol.%2018%20(1)%20Apr.%201995/JTAS%20Vol.18%20(1)%201995%20(Pg%2057-61).pdf |
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| Summary: | Methanolic extracts of seventeen Malaysian plants were screened against fungi, including yeast and candida,
as well as gram negative and gram positive bacteria. Antimicrobial activities were present in extracts prepared
from Borreria latifolia, B. selidens, Hedyotis diffusa, H. nudicaulis, Morinda elliptica, M. umbellata
(Rubiaceae), Sida rhombifolia (malvaceae) and Vitex ovata (Verbenaceae). Extracts from S. rhombifolia and
B. latifolia showed exreptionally high activity against Candida albicans, Ca. intermedia, Aspergillus
ochraceous, Cunninghamella clegans and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, only moderate activity
was observed against Bacillus cereus, Ba. megaterium and Ca. Iipolyuca. Extracts from Calophyllum
inophyllum (Guttiferae), Entada sp. (Leguminosae), Eclipta alba (Compositae), Dendrotrophe umbellata
(Santalaceae), Cardiospermum halicacabum (Sapindaceae), Glochidion lutcscens and Euphorbia
prunifolia (Euphorbiaceae) gave negative results. |
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