Antimicrobial Activity of Hypericum perforatum Essential Oil

Authors

  • Vesna Kalaba PI Veterinary Institute of the Republic of Srpska “Dr Vaso Butozan” Banja Luka Republic of Srpska
  • Jovana Glušac School of Applied Medical Science, Prijedor
  • Milka Stijepić School of Applied Medical Science, Prijedor
  • Dragana Kalaba Faculti of Medicine-Department of Pharmacy, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska
  • Dragica Đurđević Milosević MP Lab, MP Bio d.o.o., Prokupačka 41, 11000 Belgrade

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7251/QOL1503045K

Abstract

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) initiate public awareness campaign about antimicrobial substances and their rational uses due to the increasing prevalence of multidrug resistant strains of bacteria. The objective of this study was to evaluate antimicrobial activity of Hypericum perforatum essential oil and reference antimicrobial drugs against the growth of certain bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhimurium i Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Published

2016-01-27