Preliminary screening of far-eastern ethnomedicinal plants for antibacterial activity

J Ethnopharmacol. 1986 Mar;15(3):231-59. doi: 10.1016/0378-8741(86)90163-7.

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Ethnology
  • Humans
  • Medicine, Traditional*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Plants, Medicinal* / classification
  • Siberia

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Plant Extracts