ABSTRACT
There is an increasing interest in substitution of natural products for synthetic chemicals in drugs and foodstuff. Reports of antibiotic resistant bacteria and side effects of chemical food preservatives suspected to be carcinogenic have drawn attention towards application of herbal and natural substances. Towards this end, edible plants are more safe and therefor have priority for investigation. In this study, antibacterial activities of six medicinal plants including Thymus [T.] eriocalyx and T. persicus, Allium [A.] haementhaides, Fumaria [F.] parviflora Lam, Buxus [B.] hyrecana pojark, and Tragopon [Tr.] carcifolus Lorestan province in Iran were examined. In this study, flowers and leaves from T.persicus, T. eriocalyx, and leaves from other plants were collected from Zagros highlands, dried and soaked in hexan for 48. The solvent was separated then evaporated under reduced pressure. The concentrated extracts were shaken and foze at -10oC. Then it was centrifuged and the solvent was evaporated. The extracts were finally resuspended in sterile PBS containing DMSO. Antibacterial activities were examined by disk diffusion and broth microdillution technique, using standard [ATCC] gram positive and negative bacteria and standard [Muller Hinton agar and broth or Isosensitest agar] media in order to determine Minimum Inhibitory [MIC] or Bactericidal [MBC] concentration. Strong antibacterial activities were observed against both gram positive and negative bacteria including E.coli, S. aureous and P. aeroginosa by T.eriocalyx and F. parviflora. Also B. hyrecana pojark showed antibacterial activity against S. aureus at a concentration of MIC=320 g/ml and MBC=80 g/ml. This study showed that T.eriocalyx, F. parviflora and B. hyrecana pojark have antibacterial effects in vitro. Therefore it is suggested the application of these extract in medicine and food industings could be helpful