Assessment of Anti-Quorum Sensing Activity for Some Ornamental and Medicinal Plants Native to Egypt
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by MDPI AG in Scientia Pharmaceutica
- Vol. 81 (1), 251-258
- https://doi.org/10.3797/scipharm.1204-26
Abstract
This study investigated the effects of some plant extracts on the bacterial communication system, expressed as quorum sensing (QS) activity. Quorum sensing has a directly proportional effect on the amount of certain compounds, such as pigments, produced by the bacteria. Alcohol extracts of 23 ornamental and medicinal plants were tested for anti-QS activity by the Chromobacterium violaceum assay using the agar cup diffusion method. The screening revealed the anti-QS activity of six plants; namely the leaves of Adhatoda vasica Nees, Bauhinia purpurea L., Lantana camara L., Myoporum laetum G. Forst.; the fruits of Piper longum L.; and the aerial parts of Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.Keywords
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