Antimicrobial activity in medicinal plants of the Scrophulariaceae and Acanthaceae

B Meurer-Grimes The City University of New York, Lehman College, Department of Biological Sciences, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468, USA

D L McBeth The City University of New York, Lehman College, Department of Biological Sciences, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468, USA

B Hallihan The City University of New York, Lehman College, Department of Biological Sciences, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468, USA

S Delph The City University of New York, Lehman College, Department of Biological Sciences, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468, USA; The City University of New York Medical School, Marshak Science Building, Convent Avenue and 138th Street, New York, NY 10031, USA

Abstract

One hundred and one crude extracts obtained from various plant parts of 59 species representing mostly the plant families Scrophulariaceae and Acanthaceae have been investigated for their antimicrobial activity. Plants were selected using ethnobotanical and chemotaxonomic information. Growth inhibition using agar disk diffusion assays was determined against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Candida albicans. Growth inhibitory activity against one or more of the microbial species was detected in over 40% of the samples.

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