Selection of Medicinal Plants Suppressing Growth of Multidrug-Resistant Strain of Tuberculosis Causative Agent

Abstract

The article describes selection of medicinal plants active against multidrug-resistant strain of tuberculosis causative agent. It has been discovered that all tested extracts of medicinal plants in 1:20 dilutions were active regarding multidrug-resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis T-320 except for hackberry aqueous extract. The most active was alcohol extract of parmelia, which completely suppressed growth of mycobacteria in 1:100 dilution on the 21st day of cultivation.