Antimicrobial Activity of Methanol Extracts of Mosses from Serbia

Synergistic effect of emodin in combination with ampicillin or oxacillin against methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus

“…Sterile paper discs (6 mm; Toyo Roshi Kaisha, Tokyo) were loaded with 20 μL of EM (varying concentrations: 10 and 50 μg/disc, Figure 1) dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO, Sigma, St. Louis, MO), and were left to dry for 12 h at 37°C in a sterile room. Before the experiment the stock solution was diluted with distilled water to obtain a 50% DMSO stock solution (Veljic et al, 2008). The bacterial suspensions were diluted to match the 0.5 McFarland standard scale (approximately 1.5 × 10 8 cfu/mL), and were further diluted to obtain the final inoculum.…”

“…The paper disc diffusion method was used to determine antibacterial activity (Veljic et al, 2008;Witte et al, 2007). Sterile paper discs (6 mm; Toyo Roshi Kaisha, Tokyo) were loaded with 20 μL of EM (varying concentrations: 10 and 50 μg/disc, Figure 1) dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO, Sigma, St. Louis, MO), and were left to dry for 12 h at 37°C in a sterile room.…”

Antibacterial activity of ethanolic extracts of some moss species

“…In the paper of Veljić et al [30], antibacterial activity of methanol extracts of this species in disc-diffusion method only against Staphylococcus epidermidis was determined. In relation to other bacteria, including S. aureus and E. coli, they stated lack of activity of this extract.…”

Antimicrobial screening of <i>Mnium stellare</i>

“…species (Veljic et al, 2008). In contrast to the extensive utilisation of higher plants as a source of antimicrobial substances, Bryophytes have rarely been considered for this purpose (Basile et al, 1998).…”

“…Antibacterial and antifungal resistance rates of microorganisms accelerated the research on new antimicrobial agents due to increasing morbidity and mortality rates of bacterial and fungal infections (Basile et al, 1998;Ilhan et al, 2006;Agoramoorthy et al, 2007;Veljic et al, 2008;Altuner, 2008;Altuner and Çetin, 2009;Altuner et al, 2010aAltuner et al, , 2010bAltuner et al, , 2010cAltuner et al, , 2011aSavaroğlu et al, 2011aSavaroğlu et al, , 2011bOnbaşılı et al, 2011Onbaşılı et al, , 2013Oztopcu-Vatan et al, 2011;Savaroglu et al, 2011aSavaroglu et al, , 2011bAltuner and Canlı, 2012;Altuner et al, 2014).…”