Fitoterapia. 2003 Jun; 74(4): 390-3.

Antibacterial activity of Pulicaria dysenterica extracts.

Nickavar B, Mojab F.

Pharmacognosy Department, School of Pharmacy, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 14155-6153, Tehran, Iran. [email protected]

Aqueous, methanolic and chloroformic extracts of Pulicaria dysenterica aerial parts were tested for their antibacterial activity using the disc-diffusion assay technique. The methanolic extract was found to be the most effective extract against three out of six tested bacteria. All of the extracts were active against Vibrio cholera.