Evaluation of antibacterial effects of hexane extract of Euphorbia helioscopia root smoke

Euphorbia helioscopia is a medicinal plant that due to its large number of secondary metabolites has therapeutic effects and it root smoke has been used traditionally to treat infected wounds in west of Iran. The aim of this study was to investigate the antibacterial properties of hexane extract of E. helioscopia root smoke. First of all, the plant root was burned and the resulting smoke was liquefied by cooling and then extracted using hexane solvent. The extract was rotary evaporated and its antibacterial properties against a number of pathogenic bacteria was studied using disk diffusion method (۱۰۰ μg/disk). Results showed that hexane fraction of E. helioscopia root smoke has a relatively strong inhibitory effect against all studied bacteria. This was the first attempt to study the antibacterial effects of E. helioscopia root smoke and confirmed the scientific correctness of traditional use of euphorbia root smoke for wound healing.

کلیدواژه ها:

antibacterial ، Euphorbia helioscopia ، hexane ، medicinal ، root smoke