A study of Nigella sativa Linn. seeds for antimicrobial activity against multidrug resistant clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Salman, Mohd Tariq; Khan, Rahat Ali and Shukla, Indu (2009) A study of Nigella sativa Linn. seeds for antimicrobial activity against multidrug resistant clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Hippocratic Journal of Unani Medicine, 4 (4). pp. 95-104.

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Abstract

Nigella sativa (black cumin) seed oil and extracts were tested in varying dilutions against strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistant to a number of clinically used antibiotics isolated from patients attending JN Medical College Hospital, Aligarh, using disc agar diffusion technique on inoculated Muellar Hinton agar plates under standard laboratory conditions. Both the oil and Methanolic extract showed remarkable dose dependent antibacterial activity against the tested strains upto a dilution of 1:50 as evident from the zones of inhibition. No cross resistance was noticed with any of the tested antibiotics.

EPrint Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Nigella sativa, Black seed, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Antimicrobial Activity, Antibiotic Resistance, Black Cumin, Antibacterial Activity, Kalonji, Clinical Strains, Hospital Strains
Subjects:	Therapeutics > Complementary Therapies > Medicine, Traditional Complex Mixtures > Plant Preparations > Plant Extracts Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Anti-Infective Agents > Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Chemical and Pharmacologic Phenomena > Drug Resistance Complex Mixtures > Plant Preparations > Plant Oils Equipment and Supplies > Culture Media Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci > Pseudomonadaceae > Pseudomonas Pharmaceutical Preparations > Plant Extracts Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Culture Techniques Biological Sciences > Pharmacology Plants > Plant Families and Groups > Angiosperms Therapeutics > Complementary Therapies > Phytotherapy Plants > Plants, Medicinal
ID Code:	3301
Deposited By:	Dr Mohd Tariq Salman
Deposited On:	29 July 2009

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