Anti-quorum sensing and anti-biofilm activities of Hypericum perforatum extracts against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Dogan S., Gokalsin B. , ŞENKARDEŞ İ. , DOĞAN A. , SESAL N. C.

JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, vol.235, pp.293-300, 2019 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 235
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jep.2019.02.020
  • Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
  • Page Numbers: pp.293-300

Abstract

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Hypericum perforatum L. (Hypericaceae) has been used as a traditional therapeutic for skin wounds, burns, cuts and stomach ailments including stomach ache, ulcers for a long time in many societies. Although many studies about its antibacterial properties can be found, there is a lack of studies about its quorum sensing inhibition properties, which effects bacterial vulnerability directly, on Pseudomonas aeruginosa.