Quality of Life (Banja Luka) 6(3-4): 45-52

 

Antimicrobial Activity of Hypericum perforatum Essential Oil
Kalaba Vesna1, Glusac Jovana2, Stijepic Milka2, Dragana Kalaba3, Dragica Đurđevic Milosevic4

1PI Veterinary Institute of the Republic of Srpska "Dr Vaso Butozan" Banja Luka
Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2School of Applied Medical Science, Prijedor
3Faculti of Medicine-Department of Pharmacy, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
4MP Lab, MP Bio d.o.o., Prokupačka 41, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
 

 

Abstract: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) initiate public awareness campaign about antimicrobial substances and their rational uses due to the increasing prevalence of multidrug resistant strains of bacteria.

The objective of this study was to evaluate antimicrobial activity of Hypericum perforatum essential oil and reference antimicrobial drugs against the growth of certain bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhimurium i Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Key words: antimicrobial substances, antimicrobial activity, Hypericum perforatum, oleum hyperici
 

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