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Antimicrobial activities of some local plants of Thailand against acne-producing bacteria |
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| Creator | Prapassorn Bussaman Paweena Rattanasena and Piyarat Namsena |
| Title | Antimicrobial activities of some local plants of Thailand against acne-producing bacteria |
| Publisher | Faculty of Agro-Industry |
| Publication Year | 2558 |
| Journal Title | Food and Applied Bioscience |
| Journal Vol. | 3 |
| Journal No. | 3 |
| Page no. | 184-192 |
| Keyword | antibacterial activity, acne vulgaris, Thai plant, solvent, storage |
| URL Website | www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/fabjournal |
| Website title | www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/fabjournal/article/view/78259 |
| ISSN | 2286-8615 |
| Abstract | Natural antimicrobial agents have been recently in focus due to the emerging of drug-resistant bacteria. In this study, Thai local plants (Curcuma longa Linn.,Zingiber montanum(Koenig) Link ex Dietr., Andrographis paniculata(Burm.f.) Wall. ex Nees., Orthosiphon aristatus(Blume) Miq., andBoesenbergia rotunda(L.) Mansf.)wereexamined for antimicrobial activities against acne-producing bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus,Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Propionibacterium acnes) using broth dilution technique. This study also explored the effects of using different solvents for extraction (distilled water(DW), ethanol(EtOH), dicholoromethane(DCM), and hexane(HEX)) and 1 month-storage of plant samples at 4?C. The results showed that ethanol was the most suitable extraction solvent for almost all the investigated plants to obtain the effectiveantimicrobial agents with more than 80% inhibitoryactivitiesagainst all four bacteria, especially Streptococcus pyogenesand Staphylococcus aureus. Moreover,DCM extract of Boesenbergia rotunda(L.) Mansf., HEX extracts of Curcuma longa Linn. and Orthosiphon aristatus(Blume) Miq.were also found to have strong antibacterialactivities. Nonetheless, when the plant samples were storedat 4?C for 1 month, their antibacterialactivities were shown to be moderately decreased. The ethanolic extracts were found to have lower than 60%inhibitionand only against Staphylococcus epidermidisandStreptococcus pyogenes. Therefore, this study showed that Thai local plants possessedeffective anti-acne properties, which however mightbe lost during thestorage. The findings in this study can be useful for the future development of Thai local plants to be used in theproducts for acne treatment. |
