Volume : 3, Issue : 4, April - 2014

Antibacterial Activity of Turkish Endemic Sideritis Akmanii (Lamiaceae)

Mehmet Temel, Recep Kara, Raziye Muduroglu, Levent Akkaya

Abstract :

Antibacterial activity of Sideritis akmanii Z. Aytac, M. Ekici and A. Donmez extracts was investigated by disc diffusion methods against Aeromonas hydrophila, Salmonella typhimurium, Escherichia coli O157:H, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus cereus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Yersinia enterocolitica, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Candida albicans. Different concentrations of Sideritis akmanii oil posses a significant antibacterial acitivity against Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus, Aeromonas hydrophila, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, but have no effect on yeasts. This plant can be used as a food additive and traditional medicine.