Anti-bacterial activity of some Brazilian medicinal plants
| Autor: | Maria Raquel Ferreira de Lima, Béatrice Marquez, Nicole Moreau, Jean-Pierre Genêt, Maria Cristina Caño de Andrade, J. Luna, Luc Neuville, Antônio Euzébio Goulart Santana, Aldenir Feitosa dos Santos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Staphylococcus aureus
Microbial Sensitivity Tests Pharmacognosy medicine.disease_cause 01 natural sciences Drug Discovery Botany medicine Escherichia coli Lafoensia pacari Medicinal plants Pharmacology Plants Medicinal biology Traditional medicine 010405 organic chemistry Schinus terebinthifolius biology.organism_classification 3. Good health 0104 chemical sciences Rhizome Anti-Bacterial Agents 010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry Erythrina mulungu |
| Zdroj: | Journal of ethnopharmacology. 105(1-2) |
| ISSN: | 0378-8741 |
| Popis: | Extracts from various organs of 25 plants of Brazilian traditional medicine were assayed with respect to their anti-bacterial activities against Escherichia coli, a susceptible strain of Staphylococcus aureus and two resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus harbouring the efflux pumps NorA and MsrA. Amongst the 49 extracts studied, 14 presented anti-bacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, including the ethanolic extracts from the rhizome of Jatropha elliptica, from the stem barks of Schinus terebinthifolius and Erythrina mulungu, from the stems and leaves of Caesalpinia pyramidalis and Serjania lethalis, and from the stem bark and leaves of Lafoensia pacari. The classes of compounds present in the active extracts were determined as a preliminary step towards their bioactivity-guided separation. No extracts were active against Escherichia coli. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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