Title

مقاله علمی كوتاه Crocus sativus var. haussknechtii Boiss. ( ويژگیهاي ضد ميكروبی عصاره زعفران وحشی )and Reut. ex Maw

Authors

سید مقداد هاشمی; سید محمد معصومی; و حمیدرضا پورقاسم

Abstract

Saffron is one of the most important economic plants in the world that also has many pharmaceutical applications. Genus Crocus SPP. L. (Saffron) with about 90 species of the Iridaceae family in the northern hemisphere, are scattered especially in West Asia and Iran. The aim of the present study is to investigate the antimicrobial activity of extracts of various parts such as cover of corm, corm, perianth and stigma of a variety of saffron (C. sativus var. haussknechtii) on some pathogenic microorganisms (Bacillus cereus, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli , Pseudomonas fluorescens, Salmonella typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus) extrusion. Plant specimens were collected from four different habitats of the Kermanshah province and then they were identified in the herbarium of the Razi University. After preparing raw plant, extracts from four different parts of the plants (cover of corm, corm, perianth, and stigma) were extracted by soaking (maceration). Microbial tests using minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the broth micro-dilution method were determined. The results of analysis by statistical tests showed a significant correlation (0.001 <p) between the increase in the concentration of alcoholic extracts of the perianth saffron and diameter of the inhibition zone. Thus, Perianth methanol extract in Enterococcus (0.128) g ml, Salmonella and Staphylococcus (0.512) g ml has inhibitory effects against bacteria. Based on the findings of this study, the non-alcoholic extracts of different parts of a flower in this plant do not show any antimicrobial properties. Thus, perianth of these wild saffron flowers may be a good candidate for laboratory tests and the isolation of active ingredients to achieve antimicrobial drugs is highly recommended.

Publication

Saffron Agronomy & Technology, 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4, p407

ISSN

2383-1529

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.22048/jsat.2017.55499.1171