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Antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts and exudates of the Amazonian medicinal tree Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson (common name: sucuba)
Sequeira, Bianca Jorge; Vital, Marcos Jose Salgado; Pohlit, Adrian Martin; Pararols, Isabel Costa; Caúper, Glaucia Socorro Barros.
  • Sequeira, Bianca Jorge; Universidade Federal de Roraima. Boa Vista. BR
  • Vital, Marcos Jose Salgado; Universidade Federal de Roraima. Boa Vista. BR
  • Pohlit, Adrian Martin; Universidade Federal de Roraima. Boa Vista. BR
  • Pararols, Isabel Costa; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazônia. Coordenação de Pesquisas em Produtos Naturais. Laboratório de Princípios Ativos da Amazônia. Manaus. BR
  • Caúper, Glaucia Socorro Barros; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazônia. Coordenação de Pesquisas em Produtos Naturais. Laboratório de Princípios Ativos da Amazônia. Manaus. BR
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 104(4): 659-661, July 2009. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-523737
ABSTRACT
Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson is a tree found in the northern Amazon savannahs (common name sucuba) that is used in local Amerindian medicine. Leaf, bark and branch wood methanol extracts, sequentially obtained hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts and latex were evaluated for antifungal and antibacterial activities against American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and local clinical strains using the disc diffusion method. Methanol extracts and latex inhibited Candida albicans, leaf methanol extracts inhibited Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis and bark methanol extracts inhibited B. subtilis. Active extracts inhibited the ATCC and clinical strains. Polar antifungal and antibacterial principles in latex and extracts are thought to be responsible for the inhibition.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Candida albicans / Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods / Apocynaceae / Escherichia coli / Anti-Bacterial Agents / Antifungal Agents Language: English Journal: Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Journal subject: Tropical Medicine / Parasitology Year: 2009 Type: Article / Project document Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazônia/BR / Universidade Federal de Roraima/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Candida albicans / Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods / Apocynaceae / Escherichia coli / Anti-Bacterial Agents / Antifungal Agents Language: English Journal: Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Journal subject: Tropical Medicine / Parasitology Year: 2009 Type: Article / Project document Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazônia/BR / Universidade Federal de Roraima/BR