Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn., A. incana (L.) Moench, and A. viridis (Chaix) DC. extracts | Zendy

Sabina Dahija | Zendy; Sanin Haverić | Zendy; Jasmina Čakar | Zendy; Adisa Parić | Zendy

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Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn., A. incana (L.) Moench, and A. viridis (Chaix) DC. extracts

Author(s) -

Sabina Dahija,

Sanin Haverić,

Jasmina Čakar,

Adisa Parić

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of health sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112

H-Index - 3

eISSN - 2232-7576

pISSN - 1986-8049

DOI - 10.17532/jhsci.2016.328

Subject(s) - antimicrobial , alnus glutinosa , biology , bark (sound) , bacillus subtilis , botany , trypan blue , traditional medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , alder , biochemistry , ecology , in vitro , medicine , genetics

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of water extracts of leaves and barks from Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn., A. incana (L.) Moench, and A. viridis (Chaix) DC.Methods: The antimicrobial activities of extracts were tested against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria as well as yeast strains by the agar diffusion method. The cell viability was determined by the Trypan blue dye exclusion method.Results: The largest diameters of inhibition zone (DIZ) were recorded with Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538 and Bacillus subtilis 168M. The highest percentage of cell viability was observed with water bark extracts of A. glutinosa (97.46%).Conclusions: Potential antimicrobial properties of A. glutinosa, A. incana, and A. viridis demonstrated in this study, as well as their low levels of toxicity, make them an interesting subject for further studies.

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