THE UNDISCOVERED POTENTIAL OF PLANT EXTRACTS

Dimitar Nikolov

Abstract


The present publication analyzes the possibilities of using plant extracts as effective antimicrobial agents against pathogenic microflora. The proven antibacterial and antifungal effect of various plant species is reviewed, with special attention paid to the antibacterial effect of essential oil cultures against Escherichia coli, based on own research. A description of the main biologically active substances that accumulate in plants from primary and secondary synthesis, having the role of inhibitors in the development of pathogenic microflora, is presented.

Keywords


antimicrobial activity, plant extracts, anti-Escherichia coli agents

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