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- Title
THE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF PROPOLIS FROM ORDU PROVINCE OF TURKEY.
- Authors
Ertürk, Ömer; Yavuz, Ceren; Sıralı, Recep
- Abstract
In this study antibacterial and antifungal activities of acetone, ethyl acetate, chloroform, ethanol, methanol dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and water extracts of propolis samples from the Ordu province of Turkey were investigated. antimicrobial activity of propolis varied depending on propolis sample, dosage of propolis, and the extraction solvents for all test microorganisms. A total of fifteen microbial organisms belonging to fourteen species of bacteria, one fungus namely Staphylococcus aureus, Stereptococcus salivarius, Klebsiella pneumonia, Escherichia coli, Salmonella enteridis, Stereptococcus pneumonia, Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenesis, Stereptococcus mutans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Basillus licheniformis, Micrococcus luteus, Basillus subtillis, Proteus vulgaris and Candida albicans were studied using a disc-diffusion and Minimal Inhibition Concentration (MIC) method. The antimicrobial activity against all pathogens was evaluated. Ethanol Extract of Propolis (EEP), Acetone Extract of Propolis (AEP), Ethyl Acetate Extract of Propolis (EAEP) and Methanol Extract of Propolis (MEP) showed the highest antimicrobial activity against S. mutans, L. monocytogenesis, M. luteus, B licheniformis and C. albicans. While Dimethyl Sulfoxide Extract of Propolis (DMSOEP) has a weak activity against some test organism. Except for S. mutans Water Extract of Propolis (WEP) propolis was not effective against all pathogens. The most sensitive microorganism to propolis was E. coli in the gram-negative group and S. mutans in the gram-positive group. The least sensitive microorganism was S. salivarius.
- Subjects
ACETONE; ANTIBACTERIAL agents; ANTIFUNGAL agents; PROPOLIS; KLEBSIELLA pneumoniae; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Mellifera, 2014, Vol 14, Issue 27/28, p11
- ISSN
1302-5821
- Publication type
Article