Pseudomoniasis phytotherapy: a review on most important Iranian medicinal plants effective onPseudomonas aeruginosa.
OBJECTIVE
Pseudomonas aeruginosais a Gram-negative, aerobic bacterium found in water and soil. It is a normal flora in skin and gastrointestinal tract of human beings.P. aeruginosaas an opportunistic pathogen involved in nosocomial infections having multiple pathogenic factors and shows high rate of resistance to different antibiotics. The aim of this study was to identify the most important native medicinal plants of Iran effective onP. aeruginosa.


METHODS
All required information was obtained by searching keywords such asP. aeruginosa, medicinal plant extracts or essential oils in published articles in authentic scientific databases such as Science Direct, Wiley-Blackwell, Springer, Google scholar, Scientific Information Database (SID) and Magiran.


RESULTS
According to the literature review, our results showed 12 different native medicinal plants were effective againstP. aeruginosain Iran includingEucalyptus camadulensis, Marticaria chamomilla, Ferula gummosa Boiss, Lawsonia inermis, Ocimumgra tissimum, Allium sativum, Satureja hortensis L, Satureja bachtiarica Bunge, Satureja khuzestanica (Jamzad), Thymus daenensis Celak, Thymus carmanicus JalalsandCamellia sinensis.


CONCLUSIONS
Phytochemical analysis has shown that bioactive compounds of medicinal plants with their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties can be good alternatives for the synthetic medicines in food and drug industry.
Student Research Committee, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran; Razi Herbal Medicine Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Mahmoud
M
Bahmani
Medical Plants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Mahmoud
M
Rafieian-Kopaei
Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, Faculty of Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Hassan
H
Hassanzadazar
Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center and Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Morovat
M
Taherikalani
Antimicrobial; Iran; Medicinal plants; Pseudomonas aeruginosa