title: Antimycobacterial screening of some Turkish plants.
abstract: Extracts of 44 plant species distributed among 17 families from Turkey were screened against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H(37)Ra using microplate Alamar blue assay test. Six plants inhibited growth of M. tuberculosis H(37)Ra at 50 microg/ml concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, 06330 Ankara, Turkey. ftosun@gazi.edu.tr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tosun
authors.forename: C Akyüz
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kizilay
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sener
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vural
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palittapongarnpim
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D018514:Plant Structures; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts