A review on antimicrobial activity of different medicinal plants

According to the increasing resistance of pathogenic bacteria to common antibiotics, researchers are trying to discover new antimicrobial agents with plant origin instead of regular medicine. Eucalyptus, peppermint and cumin are antimicrobial plants. Antibacterial activity in various concentrations of plant extracts were evaluated on different bacteria which indicated an inhibitory effect on bacteria growth. Now a days prescribing of medicinal plants and their extract in industrialized countries contain 20 percent compare to third world countries which is almost 50 percent. Since there are plenty of medicinal plants in our country; evaluation of antibacterial effects of these plants are beneficial for our national's wealth. Eucalyptus, peppermint and cumin are antimicrobial plants and extract of these plants have different antimicrobial effects. Effect of antibacterial of different medicinal plants can reduce usage of regular medicine with minimum side effects.

کلیدواژه ها:

Eucalyptus ، Peppermint ، Cumin ، Antimicrobial