Antibacterial Effects of Nutraceutical Plants Growing in Palestine on Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Authors: GHALEB MOHAMMAD ADWAN, BASSAM ABU-SHANAB, KAMEL ADWAN, FARAH ABU-SHANAB

Abstract: The antibacterial effects of single and combined plant extracts of water, ethanol and methanol for two nutraceuticals utilized in Palestine were studied against multiple drug resistances Pseudomonas aeruginosa using well diffusion method. These plants are Rhus coriaria and Thymus vulgaris. Combinations of these extracts showed an additive action against this pathogen.

Keywords: Rhus coriaria, Thymus vulgaris, nutraceutical plants, medicinal plants, combination effect, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Palestine

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