Ismet Uysal
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts,
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, TR-17100 Canakkale, Turkey
Sezgin Celik
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts,
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, TR-17100 Canakkale, Turkey
Mehmet Oldacay
Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Canakkale City Hospital, TR-17100 Canakkale, Turkey
ABSTRACT
The antimicrobial activity of the ethyl asetate, acetone, chloroform and ethanol extracts from Centaurea. pseudoscabiosa Boiss. and Buhse ssp. glechnii (Trautv.) Wagenitz, C. spicata Boiss., Centaurea glastifolia L., Centaurea salonitana Vis., Centaurea balsamita Lam. and Centaurea behen L. species (Asteraceae) investigated by agar disc diffusion and MIC method.
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Ismet Uysal, Sezgin Celik and Mehmet Oldacay, 2005. Antibacterial Activity of Centaurea Species Having Ethnobotanical Features. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 8: 1812-1813.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.1812.1813
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.1812.1813
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.1812.1813
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.1812.1813
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