en استانداردهای بهداشتی جانبازان يا معلولان Health Service Standards of Veterans or Handicapped پژوهشی اصيل Original Research <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">Amis:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> Wound infections are one of the most important problems in human life. Continued use of antimicrobial agents against wound infections leads to the</span></span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">appearance of </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">antibiotic-resistant bacteria strains. Flaxseed has important pharmacological properties against various diseases. This study aimed to determine the antibacterial activity of flaxseed extracts against different bacteria isolated from wound infections.</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">Materials & </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">Methods:</span></span></span></b><b> </b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">This experimental study used phytochemical screening for flaxseed </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">extracts. Also, the agar well diffusion method was used to examine the antibacterial activity of aqueous, ethanolic extract, and flaxseed oil <span style="color:black">(200, 100, 50, and 25mg/ml) </span>against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria<span style="color:black">. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">Findings: </span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Phytochemical screening </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">for the crude aqueous and ethyl extracts of flaxseeds revealed alkaloids, terpenoids, tannins, flavonoids, glycosides, saponins, steroids, phenolic compounds proteins, and carbohydrates. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Aqueous extract showed inhibition zones only for <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and <i>Streptococcus faecalis</i> at 50, 100, and 200mg/ml. All the concentrations of the ethanolic extract showed inhibitory effects against all tested bacteria. The maximum antibacterial effect of ethanol extract on aqueous extract was 200mg/ml. Also, <span style="color:black">200mg/ml of flaxseed oil had the most powerful inhibitory effects on all tested bacteria</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><b> </b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Flaxseed ethanolic extract and flaxseed oil have an inhibitory effect against different species of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria isolated from wound infections.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Linum usitatisimum,Antibacterial Activity,Flaxseed Extract,Phytochemical Screening,Wound Infection, 347 352 http://ijwph.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2130-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 G.K. Baqer 15300319475328460027484 15300319475328460027484 No Department of Human Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq K.S. Madhi 15300319475328460027485 15300319475328460027485 No Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq F.K. Baqer 15300319475328460027486 15300319475328460027486 No Department of Surgery, AL-Sader Teaching Hospital, Basrah, Iraq L.K. Baqer 15300319475328460027487 15300319475328460027487 No Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq B.A. Abbas 15300319475328460027488 15300319475328460027488 Yes Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq