Antibacterial Activity of <i>Mentha pulegium</i> L. from Turkey

Murat Aycan; Mustafa Yildiz; Selcen Darcin; Kenan Tunc; Aysegul Hos; Elif Dundar

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Antibacterial Activity of Mentha pulegium L. from Turkey

Murat Aycan, Mustafa Yildiz, Selcen Darcin, Kenan Tunc, Aysegul Hos, Elif Dundar

Published in American Journal of Life Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 6)

Received: 21 October 2015 Accepted: 29 October 2015 Published: 2 December 2015

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In this research, the antibacterial activity of crude extracts obtained from leaves of pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium L.) plant against Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213 and Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 12228 was investigated. Acetone and methanol were used as chemical solvents to prepare the extracts of Mentha pulegium L. The determination of antibacterial activity was performed by using disc diffusion method. For each extract, its own solvent was utilized as negative control. Standard antibiotic discs (Clindamycin, Tetracycline and Amoxicillin-Clavulanic acid) were also used as positive control. The results of present study showed that the crude extracts of Mentha pulegium L. prepared in acetone and methanol had antibacterial activity against test microorganisms and the most antibacterial effect was observed against Staphylococcus epidermidis. It was determined that the extract of Mentha pulegium L. (6400 µg/disc) has more antibacterial activity against E. faecalis and S. epidermidis than Tetracycline (10 µg/disc) and has more antibacterial activity against E. coli than Clindamycin (10 µg/disc). However it was found that antibacterial activity of Mentha pulegium L. extract (6400 µg/disc) was close to Tetracycline (10 µg/disc) for E. coli and S. aureus and was close to Clindamycin (10 µg/disc) for E. faecalis.

Published in	American Journal of Life Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajls.20150306.11
Page(s)	383-386
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Antibacterial Activity, Mentha pulegium L., Pennyroyal

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Murat Aycan, Mustafa Yildiz, Selcen Darcin, Kenan Tunc, Aysegul Hos, et al. (2015). Antibacterial Activity of Mentha pulegium L. from Turkey. American Journal of Life Sciences, 3(6), 383-386. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajls.20150306.11

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Murat Aycan, Mustafa Yildiz, Selcen Darcin, Kenan Tunc, Aysegul Hos, et al. Antibacterial Activity of Mentha pulegium L. from Turkey. Am J Life Sci. 2015;3(6):383-386. doi: 10.11648/j.ajls.20150306.11

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Murat Aycan

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Mustafa Yildiz

Department of Field Crops, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Selcen Darcin

Department of Field Crops, Bilecik ?eyh Edebali University, Bilecik, Turkey
Kenan Tunc

Department of Biology, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
Aysegul Hos

Department of Biology, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
Elif Dundar

Graduate School of Health Sciences, Anadolu University, Eski?ehir, Turkey

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  journal = {American Journal of Life Sciences},
  volume = {3},
  number = {6},
  pages = {383-386},
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  abstract = {In this research, the antibacterial activity of crude extracts obtained from leaves of pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium L.) plant against Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213 and Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 12228 was investigated. Acetone and methanol were used as chemical solvents to prepare the extracts of Mentha pulegium L. The determination of antibacterial activity was performed by using disc diffusion method. For each extract, its own solvent was utilized as negative control. Standard antibiotic discs (Clindamycin, Tetracycline and Amoxicillin-Clavulanic acid) were also used as positive control. The results of present study showed that the crude extracts of Mentha pulegium L. prepared in acetone and methanol had antibacterial activity against test microorganisms and the most antibacterial effect was observed against Staphylococcus epidermidis. It was determined that the extract of Mentha pulegium L. (6400 µg/disc) has more antibacterial activity against E. faecalis and S. epidermidis than Tetracycline (10 µg/disc) and has more antibacterial activity against E. coli than Clindamycin (10 µg/disc). However it was found that antibacterial activity of Mentha pulegium L. extract (6400 µg/disc) was close to Tetracycline (10 µg/disc) for E. coli and S. aureus and was close to Clindamycin (10 µg/disc) for E. faecalis.},
 year = {2015}
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