Preliminary screening of far-eastern ethnomedicinal plants for antibacterial activity.
The results of antibacterial screening of 308 ethanol extracts from 250 wild far-eastern plants belonging to 77 families are reported. Antibacterial activity of plant extracts was tested in vitro by the filter-paper disc assay method. The plants screened were reported to be used by the population of the Soviet Far East against some bacterial infections. Activity against gram-positive as well as gram-negative groups of microorganisms was tested.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005007:Ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification; D012800:Siberia
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts