IN VITRO ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING OF AQUILARIA AGALLOCHA ROOTS

CANLI K., Yetgin A., AKATA I., ALTUNER E. M.

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF TRADITIONAL COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES, cilt.13, sa.5, ss.178-181, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.21010/ajtcam.v13i5.23
  • Dergi Adı: AFRICAN JOURNAL OF TRADITIONAL COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.178-181
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Aquilaria agallocha, Mesir paste, antimicrobial activity, antimicrobial screening, ethanol extract, EXTRACTS, ANTIBACTERIAL, RESISTANCE, BACTERIA, PLANTS
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: It was previously shown that some parts of Aquilaria agallocha, which is commonly known as oud or oodh, such as roots have been used as a traditional medical herbal in different countries. In Turkey A. agallocha is one of the ingredients while preparing famous Mesir paste, which was invented as a medicinal paste and used from the Ottoman period to now at least for 500 years. The identification the in vitro antimicrobial activity of ethanol extract of A. agallocha roots is main purpose of this analysis.