Comparison Activity of Myrtus communis and Descurainia sophia on Bacteria and Fungal Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections

In many studies of medicinal plants used to treat bacterial infections. Myrtus communis is the member of the Myrtaceae family, and Descurainia sophia is the member of the Brassicaceae family. Myrtus communis and Descurainia sophia because of the different chemical compounds have antimicrobial activity. The purpose of this study was to compare the antimicrobial effects of Myrtus communis and Descurainia sophia extracts on bacterial and fungal of urinary tract infection.

In this study ethanolic and methanolic extracts of the Myrtus communis and Descurainia sophia was prepared by maceration method. Antimicrobial effect of plants extracts on four strains of gram-positive including Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Enterococcus faecalis, Bacillus cereus and six gram-negative strains including Escherichia coli, Serratia Marsysns, Shigella flexneri, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans with well and disc diffusion assays were studied. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration by tube dilution method (MBC) were determined.

The lowest MIC and MBC of Myrtus communis was against Bacillus cereus (0.97 mg/ml) and the maximum amount was against Enterococcus faecalis and Shigella flexneri (62.5 mg/ml).

The ethanol and methanol extracts of Myrtus Communis extracts had antimicrobial effects on the microorganisms but Descurainia sophia extracts had no antimicrobial effects. Most of the plant antimicrobial effect was on gram-positive bacteria and Shigella flexneri was the only gram-negative susceptible strain. Candida albicans Showed resistance to the effects of extracts.