TY - JOUR T1 - Antibacterial activity in vitro of Thymus capitatus from Jordan. AU - Qaralleh,Haitham N, AU - Abboud,Muayad M, AU - Khleifat,Khaled M, AU - Tarawneh,Khaled A, AU - Althunibat,Osama Y, PY - 2009/6/26/entrez PY - 2009/6/26/pubmed PY - 2009/8/14/medline SP - 247 EP - 51 JF - Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences JO - Pak J Pharm Sci VL - 22 IS - 3 N2 - This study was carried out to evaluate the antibacterial activity of aqueous and organic extracts of Thymus capitatus L. (Lamiaceae) leaves and stems. Dried ground powder leaves and stems were extracted with water (aqueous extracts), ethanol, dichloromethane and hexane (Soxhlet extracts). The antibacterial activity of these extracts was evaluated against bacteria using disc diffusion method. The result obtained showed that the leaves had stronger antibacterial activity than the stems extracts. The ethanolic extract had the highest yield products and the high antibacterial activity than all other solvents. The results suggest that essential oil as non-polar organic compounds could be the main active compounds in this plant. Therefore the antibacterial activity of leaves ethanol extracts (LEE) was compared with essential oils leaves extracts (LEO) of T. capitatus. The LEO showed greater antibacterial activity than LEE. The LEO showed a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity and the Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most sensitive bacteria. SN - 1011-601X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/19553168/Antibacterial_activity_in_vitro_of_Thymus_capitatus_from_Jordan_ L2 - https://medlineplus.gov/antibiotics.html DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -