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Volume 7, Issue 1 (Suppl) J Biotechnol Biomater
ISSN: 2155-952X JBTBM, an open access journal
March 20-21, 2017 Rome, Italy
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15th World Congress on
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Enzymology and Molecular Biology
Enzymology & Mol. Biology 2017
Biotechnology Congress 2017
March 20-21, 2017
Antimicrobial activities of seed extracts of Prunus persica, Prunus cerasus, Prunus avium and Prunus
armeniaca
Tuba Sevgi and Elif Demirkan
Uludag University, Turkey
Fruits contain phenolic additives which may show more or less antimicrobial effects. Depending on their antioxidant properties
phenolic substances, which have effect mostly on color, flavor and durability of fruits and vegetables, are closely related with
human health in terms of antimicrobial, anti-carcinogenic and anti-mutagenic activities. In the long term, bacterial resistance
against antimicrobial agents may cause problems in fighting against several diseases. Therefore investigation of novel antimicrobial
agents derived from new and natural sources have become important. In this study, seeds of some fruits (Prunus persica, Prunus
cerasus, Prunus avium and Prunus armeniaca) were investigated against some clinically substantial pathogenic bacteria (Salmonella
typhimuriumATCC 14028, Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 700603, E. coli ATCC 25922, E. coli ATCC 35218, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC
25923, Yersinia enterocolitica ATCC 9610 ve Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212) by using well diffusion method. For this purpose, seeds
from fruits were crushed into small pieces and, were extracted by Soxhlet using methanol as solvent. After incubation, the highest
zone diameter (15 mm) was obtained against E. faecalis in the sample of P. cerasus seed, and also against S. aureus in the sample of P.
armeniaca seed (14 mm). Hence, this shows that the products can be potential new antimicrobial agents pharmacologically.
Biography
Tuba Sevgi has completed her MSc from Technical University of Kaiserslautern in Molecular Biotechnology and Systems Biology, Germany. Currently, she is doing
her PhD in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Uludag University. She is a Research Assistant in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts
and Sciences, Uludag University.
Tuba Sevgi et al., J Biotechnol Biomater 2017, 7:1(Suppl)