TY  - JOUR
T1  - Antibacterial Effects of <I>Zataria multiflora</I> Boiss (Shirazi Avishan Extract) on Urinary Tract <I>Escherichia coli</I> Infections
AU - Khoei, Effat Merghati AU - Alizadeh, Neda Shams AU - Fazelimanesh, Mehrdad AU - Astaneh, Ahmad 
JO  - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 4
IS  - 8
SP  - 891
EP  - 894
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-8846
DO  - rjbsci.2009.891.894
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2009.891.894
KW  - Zataria multiflora
KW  -urinary Escherichia coli
KW  -antibacterial
KW  -herbal medicine
KW  -infections
AB  - According to increased bacterial resistance to common antibiotics, tendency toward using herbal drugs is increasing. Many researches have been executed about antibacterial and preservative effects of herbal extract like extracts of lamiacceae family (like Shiraz oregano herb). In this study, anti microbial effects of <I>Zataria multiflora</I> extract on Urinary Tract <I>E. coli</I> Infections in comparison with eleven antibiotic disks in antibiogram pattern is evaluated. After providing microbe suspension and comparing it to Mc Farland 0.5 to obtain 1.5x10<SUP>8</SUP> bacterium per milliliter the susceptibility of the mentioned bacteria was determined in Muller-Hinton agar by embedding the disks of Betadine, <I>Zataria multiflora</I> and antibiotic disks. Fallowing incubation of media for 24 h at 37°C the inhibition zone of Zataria, Betadine and antibiotic disks were measured. Surprisingly, according to antibiogram results, the most sensitivity of <I>E. coli</I> was to <I>Z. multiflora</I> extract and inhibitory zone produced by eleven antibiotic disks and betadine are significantly less than Zataria induced. According to obtained results and limitations of increasingly usage of chemical antimicrobial substances there is a need to replacement of these substances with natural and herbal extracts.
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