CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL
STUDY OF THE AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF PRUNUS SPINOSA L.
GABRIELA GEGIU¹*, ANDREI-DAN BRANZA1, LAURA BUCUR2, MIRCEA GRIGORIAN3,
TRAIAN TACHE4, VICTORIA BADEA1
¹Department of Microbiology, Ovidius University Constanta, Faculty of Dental Medicine, 7 Ilarie Voronca Street, Constanta,
Romania
²Department of Pharmacognosy, Ovidius University Constanta, Faculty
of Pharmacy, 1 University Street, Campus, Building B, Constanta, Romania
3Department of Physiology, Ovidius University Constanta, Faculty of Dental Medicine, 7 Ilarie Voronca Street, Constanta,
Romania
4Department of Semiology, Ovidius University Constanta, Faculty
of Pharmacy, 1 University Street, Campus, Building B, Constanta, Romania
Department of Microbiology, Ovidius University Constanta, Faculty of Dental Medicine, 7 Ilarie Voronca Street, Constanta,
Romania
*corresponding author: gegiugabriela@yahoo.com
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Abstract:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial and antifungal action of aqueous extracts from Prunus spinosa L. dried
fruit determined on five bacterial strains and one fungal strain. The products taken into discussion have been harvested from
two geographical regions. There have been prepared two aqueous extracts in different dilutions. The antibacterial and
antifungal activity has been assessed using the disc diffusion method.
The results obtained demonstrate that the solutions tested do not have antifungal activity, but at the same time, our study
proves that the Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli strains are sensitive to these solutions. In conclusion we can state
that the two aqueous extracts from the Prunus spinosa L. species, obtained from different geographical areas, may be used for
the future development of new pharmaceutical products.

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