The antimicrobial activity of honey, bee pollen loads and beeswax from Slovakia

Archives of Biological Sciences

关键词: antimicrobial activity;    bee products;    propolis;    bee pollen;    beeswax;    pathogenic bacteria;    microscopic fungi;    yeasts;   

DOI  :  10.2298/ABS1203927K

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was to test the antimicrobial activity of propolis, beepollen loads and beeswax samples collected in the year 2009 from twolocations in Slovakia to pathogenic bacteria, microscopic fungi and yeasts.The antimicrobial effect of the bee product samples were tested using theagar well diffusion method. For extraction, 99.9% and 70% methanol (aqueous,v/v) and 96% and 70% ethanol (aqueous, v/v) were used. Five different strainsof bacteria, i.e. Listeria monocytogenes ccM 4699, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ccM1960; Staphylococcus aureus ccM 3953; Salmonella enterica ccM 4420,Escherichia coli ccM 3988, three different strains of microscopic fungi,Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, and sevendifferent strains of yeasts Candida krusei, Candida albicans, Candidaglabrata, Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis, Geotrichum candidum,Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, were tested. After 48 hours S. aureus was thebacterium most sensitive to the 70% ethanol extract of pollen, A. fumigatuswas the most sensitive microscopic fungus (70% ethanol) and C. glabrata themost sensitive yeast (70% methanol). Microorganisms most sensitive topropolis extracts were L. monocytogenes, A. fumigatus (70% ethanol) and G.candidum (70% methanol). Most sensitive to beeswax extracts were E. coli, A.niger and C. tropicalis.

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