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African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
African Ethnomedicines Network
ISSN: 0189-6016
Vol. 13, No. 5, 2016, pp. 178-181
Bioline Code: tc16130
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Vol. 13, No. 5, 2016, pp. 178-181

 en IN VITRO ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING OF AQUILARIA AGALLOCHA check for this species in other resources ROOTS
Canlı, Kerem; Yetgin, Ali; Akata, Ilgaz & Altuner, Ergin Murat

Abstract

Background: It was previously shown that some parts of Aquilaria agallocha check for this species in other resources , 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.
Materials and Methods: By using 17 bacteria and 1 fungi, which include Bacillus, Candida, Enterobacter, Enterococcus, Escherichia, Klebsiella, Listeria, Pseudomonas, Salmonella and Staphylococcus genera, the activity of A. agallocha root extracts were analysed by the help of the disk diffusion method, that is one of the methods commonly used to determine antimicrobial activities.
Results: As a result of the study it was observed that ethanol extracts of A. agallocha roots have a clear antimicrobial activity against nearly all microorganism used in the study, but only two bacteria namely E. coli check for this species in other resources ATCC 25922 and S. typhimurium check for this species in other resources SL 1344.
Conclusion: According to the disk diffusion test results it may be possible to propose that A. agallocha roots should have a medicinal uses especially against E. faecium check for this species in other resources , L. monocytogenes check for this species in other resources ATCC 7644, B. subtilis check for this species in other resources DSMZ 1971, C. albicans check for this species in other resources DSMZ 1386, S. epidermidis check for this species in other resources DSMZ 20044 and S. aureus check for this species in other resources ATCC 25923.

Keywords
Aquilaria agallocha; Mesir paste; antimicrobial activity; antimicrobial screening; ethanol extract

 
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