Abstract
The antibacterial and antifungal activities of crude ethanolic extracts of 41 traditional medicinal plant species belonging to 26 families were tested against four bacteria and two fungi: <I>Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans</I>, and <I>Aspergillus niger</I>. Of the 41 plants tested, 39 showed antimicrobial activity against one or more species of microorganisms. While the crude extracts from <I>Nigellea arvensis</I> did not show antimicrobial activity against the test microorganisms, <I>Pistasia lentiscus</I> showed only antifungal activity against A. <I>niger</I>. The most active antimicrobial plants were <I>Cuminum cyminum, Jasminium officinale, Thymus capitatus, Viscum album, Tanecetum sorbifolium, Pimpinella anisum, Galega officinalis, Liguidamber orientalis, Rhus coriaria, Alnus glutinosa, Pimental officinalis, Achillea coarctata</I>, and <I>Cameli sinensis</I>.
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