ANTIBIOTIC SCREENING OF MEDICINAL-PLANTS OF THE BRITISH-COLUMBIAN NATIVE PEOPLES

被引：158

作者：

MCCUTCHEON, AR ^{[1
]}

ELLIS, SM ^{[1
]}

HANCOCK, REW ^{[1
]}

TOWERS, GHN ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA,DEPT MICROBIOL,VANCOUVER V6T 2B1,BC,CANADA

来源：

JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY | 1992年 / 37卷 / 03期

关键词：

ANTIBIOTIC ACTIVITY; PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINES (BRITISH-COLUMBIA);

D O I：

10.1016/0378-8741(92)90036-Q

中图分类号：

Q94 [植物学];

学科分类号：

071001 ;

摘要：

One hundred methanolic plant extracts, 96 of which had documented medicinal uses by British Columbian native peoples, were screened for antibiotic activity against 11 bacterial strains. Eighty-five percent were found to have significant antibiotic activity against at least two of the bacteria tested. Ninety-five percent of the plants categorized as potential antibiotics based on their ethnobotanical usage were found to exhibit significant antibiotic activity. Seventy-five were found to be active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 46 were active against an antibiotic supersusceptible strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 18 of these were also active against a wild type strain. The extracts with the broadest spectra of activity were prepared from: Alnus rubra bark and catkins, Fragaria chiloensis leaves, Moneses uniflora aerial parts, and Rhus glabra branches.

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