Antibacterial activity of extracts of six macroalgae from the northeastern Brazilian coast

Lima-Filho, José Vitor M; Carvalho, Ana F. F. U; Freitas, Sissi M; Melo, Vânia M. M

Lima-Filho, José Vitor M; Carvalho, Ana F. F. U; Freitas, Sissi M; Melo, Vânia M. M.

Affiliation

Lima-Filho, José Vitor M; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Belo Horizonte. BR
Carvalho, Ana F. F. U; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Departamento de Biologia. Fortaleza. BR
Freitas, Sissi M; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Departamento de Biologia. Fortaleza. BR
Melo, Vânia M. M; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Departamento de Biologia. Fortaleza. BR

Braz. j. microbiol ; 33(4): 311-313, Oct.-Dec. 2002. tab

Article in En | LILACS | ID: lil-342091

Responsible library: BR32.1

RESUMO

RESUMO

Hexane, chloroform and ethanol extracts of six marine macroalgae (Rhodophyta and Chlorophyta) from North Ceará coast (Northeast Brazil) were evaluated for antibacterial activity by the single disk method. Best results were shown by the hexane extracts of Amansia multifida against enteric Gram-negative strains such as Enterobacter aerogenes, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, S. Choleraesuis, Serratia marcescens, Vibrio cholerae and the Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus.

Subject(s)

Eukaryota; In Vitro Techniques; Lipids/analysis; Lipids/metabolism; Plant Extracts; Bacteriological Techniques/methods

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: LILACS Main subject: In Vitro Techniques / Plant Extracts / Eukaryota / Lipids Country/Region as subject: America do sul / Brasil Language: En Journal: Braz. j. microbiol Journal subject: MICROBIOLOGIA Year: 2002 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Country of publication: Brazil

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