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Biological screening of Nigella damascena for antimicrobial and molluscicidal activities
Author(s) -
Fico G.,
Panizzi L.,
Flamini G.,
Braca A.,
Morelli I.,
Tomè F.,
Cioni P. L.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/ptr.1454
Subject(s) - antimicrobial , traditional medicine , rosa × damascena , biology , pharmacognosy , nigella sativa , medicine , botany , biological activity , microbiology and biotechnology , essential oil , in vitro , biochemistry
The essential oil, various extracts at different polarity, fractions, and pure compounds obtained from Nigella damascena plants and seeds were screened for biological activity. Antimicrobial tests showed the essential oil to be active only against Gram positive bacteria; among the extracts, the BuOH was active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus . Molluscicidal activity was absent. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.