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| Provedor de dados: |
Plantas Medicinales
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| País: |
Cuba
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| Título: |
Antimicrobial activity of natural products from Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão (Aroeira-do-sertão)
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| Autores: |
Lopes Gomes,Vangerlan Tiago
Pereira Chaves,Thiago
Batista Alencar,Laianne Carla
Coelho Dantas,Ivan
Dantas de Medeiros,Ana Cláudia
de Castro Felismino,Delcio
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| Data: |
2013-12-01
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| Ano: |
2013
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| Palavras-chave: |
Medicinal plants
Myracrodruon urundeuva
Semiarid
Ethnopharmacology
Secondary metabolites
Antimicrobial activity
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| Resumo: |
Introduction: Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão (Anacardiaceae) is a plant from the Brazilian semiarid region with medicinal properties against various diseases. Objective: to screen the phytochemistry and determine the antimicrobial activity of the hydroalcoholic extract from the bark of this plant. Methods: the extract was obtained by maceration and subjected to qualitative phytochemical tests and in vitro antimicrobial activity assays against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and fungi. Results: among the phytochemical compounds stood out tannins, flavonoids and alkaloids. The extract was effective against Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterococcus faecalis. Conclusions: Myracrodruon urundeuva presents compounds of high pharmacological interest such as tannins, flavonoids and alkaloids, being a plant with potential antibacterial activity.
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Journal article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1028-47962013000400004
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| Editor: |
ECIMED
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Revista Cubana de Plantas Medicinales v.18 n.4 2013
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