Determinação de atividade antimicrobiana de extratos de plantas de uso popular como antiflamatório
Rev. bras. farmacogn
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12(supl.1): 132-135, 2002. tab, ilus
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ABSTRACT
Antimicrobial activities of babaçu (Orbignya martiana), cardo santo (Argemone mexicana), mentrasto (Ageratum conyzoides), cavalinha (Equisetum yeamalis) and terramicina (Alternanthera brasiliana), used by Brazilian population as antiinflamatory medicine, were studied on Staphylococcus aureus. The freezer dried hydroalcoholic extracts solutions were tested for 7 strains of Staphylococcus aureus, which two of those are methicillin resistant (MRSA). The diffusion method on agar-agar, using holes technique, with tetracycline chlorydrate as standard. Babaçu, cardo santo and terramicina showed antimicrobial activity, within of those terramicina inhibited 6 strains, presenting zone inhibition of 22 mm compared to standard antibiotic (34 mm), except the seventh strain which was also tetracycline resistant.
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Rev. bras. farmacogn
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Pharmacy
Year:
2002
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Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco/BR
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