Antibacterial Activities of Some Plant Extracts Used in Folk Medicine

The antibacterial activities of ethyl acetate, methanol, chloroform, and acetone extracts of four plant species were studied. The dried extracts of the whole plant of Artemisia absinthium (Compositae/Asteraceae) and Urtica dioica (Urticaceae), flowering plants of Fumaria officinalis (Papaveraceae/Fumariaceae) and the leaves of Rosmarinus officinalis (Labiatae/Lamiaceae) were tested in vitro against 12 bacterial species and strains by the agar...