Screening for antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants species of traditional Chinese medicine

Abstract

The antimicrobial activity of crude ethanolic extracts of 10 medicinal plants used in traditional Chinese medicine was tested against five species of microorganisms: Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Candida albicans. Of the 10 plants tested, 5 showed antimicrobial activity against one or more species of microorganisms. The most active antimicrobial plants were Chelidonium majus, Sanguisorba officinalis, and Tussilago farfara.

Keywords

• antimicrobial activity
• medicinal plants
• crude extracts
• traditional chinese medicíně