Anti-bacterial Eremophilas

[Ed Dunkel]

For those interested in Eremophilas and their anti-bacterial properties and even the use of those anti-bacterial serrulatane diterpenes in medical implants there is some nice work being done at the University of South Australia.

Eremophilas to watch out for are:

E. drummondii
E. linearis
E. serrulata
E. acrida
E. neglecta
E. virens
E. prolata
(Antimicrobial activity of some Australian plant species
from the genus Eremophila - Journal of Basic Microbiology 2007, 47, 158–164)

Some articles:
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/200 ... 007-3.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009 ... 473297.htm
http://abc.gov.au/science/articles/2009 ... pic=enviro

[roughbarked]

Thanks Ed. some small amount of discussion has gone before as well.. Joining the dots: http://www.bushfood.net/viewtopic.php?t ... eremophila

[Ed Dunkel]

Yeah, I noticed that after I posted this. whooops!

An additional note on the Eremophilas. Most of the active ones seem to be the resinous/sticky leaved ones, not so much the hairy-leaved ones from the papers on the topic.

If anyone is going to try some out as skin ointments for infections, trial the smooth resinous leaved ones first.

[roughbarked]

Take care as some Eremophila species contain harmful substances such as cyanide.
One species well noted for this is Eremophila maculata.