Antimicrobial Screening of Some Turkish Medicinal Plants

Ethanol extracts of 19 Turkish medicinal plants, used in the traditional system of medicine, were investigated for their antimicrobial activity against 14 pathogenic bacterial species and a yeast, Candida albicans., using the agar well diffusion method. Anticandidal activity was detected in 10 plant extracts. Extracts of Eucalyptus camuldulensis. (leaves), Rosmarinus officinalis. (leaves), Ecballium elaterium. (leaves, fruits; 2:1, v/v),...