Antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of Betula aetnensis Rafin. (Betulaceae) leaves extract

Natural Product Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 475-479

  Acquaviva, Rosaria ^a   Menichini, Francesco ^b   Ragusa, Salvatore ^c   Genovese, Carlo ^a   Amodeo, Andrea ^a   Tundis, Rosa ^b   Loizzo, Monica R ^b   Iauk, Liliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial effects; Antioxidant activity; Betula aetnensis; Haemophilus influenzae; Streptococcus pyogenes Ery S and Ery R1

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; BETULA AETNENSIS PLANT EXTRACT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLAVONOID; LINOLEIC ACID; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETULA AETNENSIS; BETULACEAE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IC 50; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETULA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84875130467     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2012.695364     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Bas er, K.H.C., & Demirci, B. (2007). Studies on Betula essential oils. Arkivoc, 7, 335-348.
2. Cowan, M.M. (1999). Plant products as antimicrobial agents. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 12, 564-582. (Pubitemid 29484747)
3. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). (2008). Performance standards for antimicrobial susceptibility testing, 18th Informational Supplement, CLSI Document M100-S18, Wayne, PA.
4. Dallenbach-Tölke, K., Nyiredy, S., Gross, G.A., & Sticher, O. (1986). Flavonoid glycosides from Betula pubescens and Betula pendula. Journal of Natural Products, 49, 1155-1156.
5. Ju, E.M., Lee, S.E., Hwang, H.J., & Kim, J.H. (2004). Antioxidant and anticancer activity of extract from Betula platyphylla var. japonica. Life Sciences, 74, 1013-1026. (Pubitemid 37522135)
6. Kumaraswamy, M.V., Kavitha, H.U., & Satish, S. (2008). Antibacterial evaluation and phytochemical analysis of Betula utilis D. Don against some human pathogenic bacteria. World Journal of Agricultural Science, 4, 661-664.
7. Pignatti, S. (1997). Flora Europaea. Bologna: Edagricole.
8. Rapp, O., & Pashinskii, V. (1999). Comparative study of pharmacological activity of birch bark ethanol extracts. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal, 33(1), 1-3.
9. Saric, C.L., Cabarkapa, S.I., Beljkas, M.B., Misan, C.A., Sakac, B.M., & Plavsic, V.D. (2009). Antimicrobial activity of plant extracts from Serbia. Food Processing, Quality and Safety, 1-2, 1-5.
10. Taguri, T., Tanaka, T., & Kouno, I. (2004). Antimicrobial activity of 10 different plant polyphenols against bacteria causing food-borne disease. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 27, 1965-1969. (Pubitemid 41701572)
11. Vaya, J., Belinky, P.A., & Aviram, M. (1997). Antioxidant constituent from licorice roots. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 23, 302-313.