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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Antibacterial effect of borage (Echium amoenum) on Staphylococcus aureus
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| Autores: |
Abolhassani,Mohsen
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| Data: |
2004-10-01
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
Borago
Echium amoenum
Antibacterial activity
Staphylococcus aureus
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| Resumo: |
Borage (Echium amoenum) is a large annual plant of the Boraginaceae family, which grows in most of Europe and in northern Iran. The borage flower is used as a medicinal herb in France and other countries. Iranian borage is used in traditional medicine for infectious diseases, flu and as an anti-febrile. We tested the aqueous extract of borage dried flowers in vitro for its antibacterial activity. The extract showed concentration-dependent antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus 8327. This activity was heat resistant, but the activity of freeze-dried extract gradually diminished during a 90-day period. The traditional use of Iranian borage flowers for infectious diseases and for controlling fever appears to be justified.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000500008
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1413-86702004000500008
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.8 n.5 2004
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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