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Ola Abbas Khdhair1,*
, Yazi Abdullah Jassim2, Noor Abed Alreda Alkremy1,Taif Hussein Al-Ameedy1
1Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Babylon, Hillah, Iraq
2Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Babylon, Hillah, Iraq
*Corresponding author: Ola Abbas Khdhair, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Babylon, Hillah, Iraq; Tel.: +964-(0)7827225952
E-mail: pharm.ola.abbas@uobabylon.edu.iq
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Published: 5 May 2024; https://doi.org/10.61873/FMPT5825
Abstract
Burns and wounds destroy the physical skin which is the body’s natural barrier to the external environment. As a result the burned area is prone to infection and colonization by microorganisms. The most common pathogenic colonizing bacterium is Staphylococcus aureus. In order to solve the problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotics, some medicinal plants have been used so as to determine their effectiveness against S. aureus. Among these plants, we have herein used the alcoholic extract of berberine. Our results suggest that the alcoholic extract of berberine, at a concentration 250 mg/mL, can exert a high inhibitory efficacy against S. aureus.
Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus, burns, wounds, berberine, infection
Please cite as:
Khdhair O. A., Jassim Y. A., Alkremy N. A. A., Al-Ameedy T. H. Antibacterial activity of the alcoholic extract of berberine against Staphylococcus aureus isolated from burn and wound infections. Rev. Clin. Pharmacol. Pharmacokinet. Int. Ed. 38 (Sup2): 137-139 (2024). https://doi.org/10.61873/FMPT5825