Antimicrobial Potential of Plant Seed Extracts against Multidrug Resistant Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MDR-MRSA) | Zendy

E.S. Karthy | Zendy; P. Ranjitha | Zendy; A. Mohankumar | Zendy

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Antimicrobial Potential of Plant Seed Extracts against Multidrug Resistant Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MDR-MRSA)

Author(s) -

E.S. Karthy,

P. Ranjitha,

A. Mohankumar

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

international journal of biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1916-968X

pISSN - 1916-9671

DOI - 10.5539/ijb.v1n1p34

Subject(s) - moringa , antimicrobial , staphylococcus aureus , petroleum ether , traditional medicine , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , multiple drug resistance , antibiotics , medicinal plants , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , medicine , bacteria , extraction (chemistry) , genetics , chromatography

Based on ethnopharmacological information, four different varieties of seeds were obtained from authentic seed suppliers. Ethanol, methanol, acetone, chloroform and petroleum ether seed extracts were assessed for antibacterial activity against wound isolates of Multi Drug Resistant - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MDR-MRSA). Ethanol, methanol and acetone extracts of Moringa oleifera, Elettaria cardamomum and Tamarindus indica seeds showed more effective anti MRSA activity than Artocarpus heterophyllus. In addition Moringa oleifera seed extracts may have the potential to restore the effectiveness of $eta$-lactam antibiotics against MRSA

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