Study of Bactericidal Properties of Propolis

• Main Authors: Daniela Marina Mot, Daniela Mot, Emil Tîrziu, Ileana Nichita
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Agroprint Timisoara 2014-05-01
• Series: Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies
• Subjects: antibacterial activity, propolis, bactericidal properties, microorganisms
• Online Access: http://spasb.ro/index.php/spasb/article/view/1719

The antibacterial activity of an alcoholic extract of propolis from Apis mellifera was investigated using a method of growth inhibition in the culture medium of microorganisms. For this study were been chosen bacterial species implicated in severe infections in animals: Streptococcus suis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pasteurella haemolytica (Mannheimia haemolytica, 1999). The propolis extract demonstrated to possess bactericidal properties against studied microorganisms in descending order as follows: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pyogenes, Pasteurella haemolytica, Salmonella spp. All these results demonstrates the possibility of using propolis in either treatment alone, as a natural alternative, be associated with an appropriate antibiotic for the potentiation effect in the event of serious infections in animals.