Research Article

Identification of Novel Bioactive Compound Derived from Rheum officinalis against Campylobacter jejuni NCTC11168

Table 1

Screening of the anti-Campylobacter jejuni activity of different plant extracts.

Collected plantsInhibited zone H2O extractInhibited zone methanol extractInhibited zone hexane extract

Salvia officinalis8.03 ± 0.2515.1 ± 0.0012.0 ± 0.00
Rosmarinus officinalis26.8 ± 0.5118.0 ± 0.0014.7 ± 0.00
Foeniculum vulgare11.2 ± 0.0020.1 ± 0.0011.5 ± 0.00
Hordeum vulgare10.3 ± 0.0015.1 ± 0.0020.6 ± 0.00
Artemisia31.7 ± 0.0020.4 ± 0.0018.6 ± 0.00
Anethum graveolens12.5 ± 0.0015.2 ± 0.0012.2 ± 0.00
Costus7.7 ± 0.0015.2 ± 0.0017.3 ± 0.00
Nigella sativa8.5 ± 0.0010.6 ± 0.0015.3 ± 0.00
Commiphora myrrha16.4 ± 0.0019.7 ± 0.0030.2 ± 0.00
Thymus vulgaris9.5 ± 0.009.3 ± 0.329.2 ± 0.00
Matricaria chamomilla8.4 ± 0.0015.1 ± 0.008.0 ± 0.00
Achillea23.2 ± 0.008.2 ± 0.308.4 ± 0.00
Plantago uniflora10.2 ± 0.3210.5 ± 0.0011.4 ± 0.20
Cassia angustifolia28.2 ± 0.3015.7 ± 0.0023.1 ± 0.20
Rheum officinalis24.1 ± 0.0039.1 ± 0.0020.2 ± 0.00
Cinnamomum zeylanicum10.5 ± 0.0015.4 ± 0.0015.4 ± 0.00
Allium sativum10.4 ± 0.0010.1 ± 0.0013.2 ± 0.00
Lepidium sativum20.0 ± 0.29.9 ± 0.009.5 ± 0.35
Trigonella foenum-graecum16.8 ± 0.0019.2 ± 0.130.4 ± 0.00
Senegalia senegal17.5 ± 0.1522.4 ± 0.0023.4 ± 0.00