Activity of ethanolic extracts of salt marsh plants from the Lower Saxonian Wadden Sea Coast against microorganisms

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LELLaU, T. E & LIEBEZEiT, G. (2003): Activiry of ethanolic extracts of salt marsh plants from the Lower Saxonian Wadden Sea coast against microorganisms. -Senckenbergiana marit., 32 (1/2): 177-181, 3 tabs.; Frankfurt a.M.]Ethanolic extracts of the aerial parts of twenty-eight plant species belonging to fifteen families were subjected to a screening for activity against seven fungal, three yeast, five algal and six bacterial species. The extracts ofArtemisia maritima L. (Asteraceae) and Salicornia europaea L. (Chenopodiaceae) showed the highest inhibitory action against algae. The highest inhibition of fungal growth was caused by the extract of Triglochin maritima L. (Juncaginaceae). Only S. europaea showed significant activity in both ofthese assays. The extract from Limonium vulgare MIEL. was the only one to show any significant activity against bacteria. Six species did not produce any activity at all. KATJA STERFLINGER and MATHIAS HEIN kindly provided the fungal species investigated, three algal species were supplied by UWE WINKLER, while the bacteria and two yeast species were edgements supplied by WOLFGANG E. KRUMBEIN and KARIN PETERSEN. We are indebted to PETER JANIESCH for suggestions to improve the manuscript.

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