%0 Journal Article %T Antimicrobial Properties of Croccus sativus L. %A Hossein Vahidi %A Mohammad Kamalinejad %A Nabi Sedaghati %J Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research %D 2002 %I School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences %X Antimicrobial activity of di fferent parts of Croccus sativus L. (saffron) including stigma,stamen, leaves and colora, extracted by various solvents, were tested against different bacteri a(Microccucos luteus, Staphylococcus epidermitis, Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli) and fungi (Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger and Cladospourium sp) by cup plate di ffusion method.Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) values of each active extract were determined. The results obtained show strong activity of the ethyl acetate extract of various plant parts of the plant (except leaves) against bacteri a and fungi used as test organisms %K Croccus sativus %K Saffron %K Antimicrobial activity %U http://www.ijpr-online.com/Docs/20021/IJPR106.pdf