The in vitro Antibacterial actiyity o f Citrus aurantifolia var acidica fruits | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 2, August 2004, Pages 124-127 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A. R. Abdul Latif; Mohammed A. K. Al-Saad; B. A. AI- Khafa; E. A. S. Al-Janabi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The r, rrto anribacreriat acrivity of Crrrr auruntilotia fruirs (CA) is being reDorred..lhee extraction methods were tried as : Hot water (HWCA I cotd warer (CWCA) , and aico-noljc 1aCAl . The $reening ofantibdcreriat ,rclivi[ {AA) was done b) agar diffu.ion lechnique (ADTj . MrnrmLm rnnrb,lory ( oncentrnlion fMtC).tudiec $ere made by dgar drluLion lechniqu; (ADT). Ll. ne uoa MIC studies were conducted on Muller - Hinton agar (NaHA) . fhe i, vr'lro Ae frora hishest to the lowest_effective were as fo olvs, ACA, CWCA,;d HWC,{ respectivety. lr" uri, "7*":.rzs , 6.25 ,6-25 and 12.5 mg/nt for ,S. aureus , prcteus wtsaris , rseiaonoits aeruginosa artd E. c,Jti respecrlv.ely . K. peneumarlae was unaffecied by ACA, CWCA and HWCA . Such'finding may be due to capsul€ permeability masking effecL ACA can be re€ommended or a in ,itro basis as antibacterial agent in topical pharmac€utical preparations and as canned food preseNative | ||
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