<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Plants of the Apiaceae family usually contain coumarins. These are used worldwide in traditional medicine, as well as in modern therapeutics. The aim of our study was to determine the antimicrobial activity of four extracts (methanolic and petroleum ether extracts) obtained from two Apiaceae species: Seseli devenyense (fruits) and Peucedanum luxurians (herb). </p><p>The activity of the investigated extracts was tested against 7 strains of Gram+ bacteria, and 7 strains of Gram-, as well as three of yeast. The results of this show that the best activity of such extracts (specifically, by way of petroleum ether) was seen as being against Staphylococcus aureus strains.</p></abstract>

Plants of the Apiaceae family usually contain coumarins. These are used worldwide in traditional medicine, as well as in modern therapeutics. The aim of our study was to determine the antimicrobial activity of four extracts (methanolic and petroleum ether extracts) obtained from two Apiaceae species: Seseli devenyense (fruits) and Peucedanum luxurians (herb). The activity of the investigated extracts was tested against 7 strains of Gram+ bacteria, and 7 strains of Gram-, as well as three of yeast. The results of this show that the best activity of such extracts (specifically, by way of petroleum ether) was seen as being against Staphylococcus aureus strains.

Antimicrobial activity of petroleum ether and methanolic extracts from fruits of Seseli devenyense Simonk. and the herb of Peucedanum luxurians Tamam.

Department Pharmacognosy with Medicinal Plant Unit, Medical University of Lublin, 1 Chodzki, 20-093, Lublin, Poland

Department Pharmaceutical Microbiology with Laboratory of Microbiological Diagnostics, Medical University of Lublin, 1 Chodzki, 20-093, Lublin, Poland

Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Product, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Greece

Department of Cosmetology, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Kielnarowa 386a, 36-020 Tyczyn, Poland

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Plants of the Apiaceae family usually contain coumarins. These are used worldwide in traditional medicine, as well as in modern therapeutics. The aim of our...

Antimicrobial activity of petroleum ether and methanolic extracts from fruits of Seseli devenyense Simonk. and the herb of Peucedanum luxurians Tamam.

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 257 - 259

Received: Sep 17, 2015

Accepted: Oct 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cipms-2015-0084

Keywords
Peucedanum luxurians, Seseli devenyense, coumarins, antimicrobial, Staphylococcus

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Antimicrobial activity of petroleum ether and methanolic extracts from fruits of Seseli devenyense Simonk. and the herb of Peucedanum luxurians Tamam.

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 257 - 259

Received: Sep 17, 2015

Accepted: Oct 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cipms-2015-0084

KeywordsPeucedanum luxurians, Seseli devenyense, coumarins, antimicrobial, Staphylococcus

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Peucedanum luxurians, Seseli devenyense, coumarins, antimicrobial, Staphylococcus