ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF GONOCYTISUS ANGULATUS (L.) SPACH

Ufuk ABBASOOGLU*, Fatma TOSUN**,o, Aslı AYDINLIOGLU**

*Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Microbiology, 06330 Etiler, Ankara, TURKEY. **Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, 06330 Etiler, Ankara, TURKEY.
oCorresponding Author

Summary:
In vitro antimicrobial activity of ethanolic extracts and crude alkaloid mixtures obtained from roots, twigs, leaves, flowers and seeds of Gonocytisus angulatus (L.) Spach (Fabaceae) growing in Turkey was investigated by micro dilution method. Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Streptococcus faecalis ATCC 19433 and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 were used as bacteria and Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis, Candida pseudotropicalis and Candida stellatoidea as yeastlike fungi. It is observed that ethanolic extracts and crude alkaloid mixtures tested showed activity against all test bacteria and yeastlike fungi.

Key words:
Gonocytisus angulatus, Fabaceae, Antimicrobial activity.