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1- Department of Biology, Islamic Azad University of Saveh, Saveh, Iran
2- Department of Young Researchers, Islamic Azad University of Saveh, Saveh, Iran
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Background: Skin eruption is a disease that it is because of skin necrosis and adolescence and youth depression. The some species of Staphylococcuss are agent of this disease. There isn’t effective drug for curing of this disease. Many of medicinal plants (e.x. Stachys inflata Benth.) have anti- bacterial compounds and they can be used as a drug to cure skin eruption disease.
Objective: This research was done to evaluate the antibacterial effect of Stachys inflate extract.
Methods: In this study, anti-bacterial effect of water, alcoholic, phenolic extracts of Stachys inflate (Labiatae.) on Staphylococcal skin eruption was Investigated. Effect of different concentrations extracts of Stachys inflata leaf, stem and flower was tested by to add in medium culture of Staphylococcuses of skin eruption before autoclaving and bacteria was added in medium culture after autoclaving.
Results: The results showed that some concentration of water extracts of Stachys inflata flower and leaves have strong anti-microbial effects. They deleted complete Staphylococcuses of skin eruption in growth medium.
Conclusion: Anti-bacterial activities of Stachys inflata was analogous with ampiciline, and than some was better.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Medicinal Plants
Received: 2009/10/17 | Accepted: 2010/10/25 | Published: 2011/12/31

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