title: [Effect of medicinal plant extracts on the growth of microorganisms].
abstract: Extracts obtained from sweatweed and licorice roots, flax seeds, milfoil, bur-marigold, plantain, coltsfoot, nettle, Indian corn stigmas, laminaria produced a stimulating effect on the growth of Candida albicans test strain and Streptococcus pyogenes test strain Dick 1. Sweatweed, licorice, Aerva lanata and violet extracts influenced the growth of Corynebacterium xerosis 1911, while sweatweed, violet, horse-tail, bur-marigold, camomile, plantain, and nettle extracts influenced the growth of shigellae. The stimulating effect could be supposedly produced by biologically active substances contained in medicinal plants (organic acids, alkaloids, carotinoids, vitamins, microelements). Further studies aimed at the identification of substances producing the stimulating effect are planned.
authors.affiliation: Mechnikov Research Institute for Vaccines and Sera, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Baronets
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Adlova
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Mel'nikova
mesh_terms: D002176:Candida albicans / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts