ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF OREGANO EXTRACTS

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Invegstigation of antibacterial activity of water,ethanolic and methanolic extracts of Oregano(Origanum vulgare)and compared with Vancomycin, Erythromycin, cloxacillin ciprofloxacin and Streptomycin antibiotics was carried out on gram positive and Gram microorganisms for different extracts. The zone of inhibition varies depending on bac-terial
ranges from 12 to 26, 14 to 20 and 18 to 22 for water,ethanolic and methanolic
With anMICs of(0.167 0.1033) mg/ml against Bacillus subtilis and against Staphylococ-cus aureus was(0.21±0.102) μg/ml. when comparing the extracts MICs with those of
antibiotics. All extracts showed pronounced antibacterial effects against both Gram posi-tive
and Gram negative bacteria with a significant differences between the effect of extracts &
antibiotics ( p < 0.05 )

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Article Title العربیة

تقييم الفعاليت المضادة للميكروباث لمستخلص البردقوش

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نورس نوري جابر
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Volume 11, Issue 1
Spring 2012
Page 23-31

  • Receive Date 01 June 2012
  • Revise Date 20 June 2012
  • Accept Date 25 June 2012
  • Publish Date 28 June 2012