Chemical constituents of the roots of Algerian Bunium incrassatum and evaluation of its antimicrobial activity
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2011
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Elsevier
Abstract
In this study we investigated the chemical composition of the roots of Bunium incrassatum
growing in Algeria, two coumarins, b-sitosterol, sucrose and oleic acid were isolated from
methylene chloride:methanol (1/1) extract of the roots of this species. Furthermore, antimicrobial
activity of the crude extract was evaluated using agar diffusion method. The antimicrobial results
showed that the crude extract had a great potential antimicrobial activity against all the test microorganisms
especially fungal strains.