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Ochoa Pacheco,Ania; Marín Morán,Jorge; González Giro,Zenia; Hidalgo Rodríguez,Adrian; Mujawimana,Rachel Juliet; Tamayo González,Karel; Sariego Frómeta,Sandra. |
The antimicrobial activity of 13 total extracts was evaluated, 10 soft extracts (B) and 3 blended extracts (E) prepared from dry and fresh leaves of Petiveria alliacea L. Various solvents were used for their preparation: hydroalcoholic solution at 30%, 80% and isopropyl alcohol. The antimicrobial effect of the extracts was tested by means of the method of Kirby-Bauer, using four bacterial strains from the ATCC collection (Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and a leveduriform fungus (Candida albicans). The following quality control parameters were determined for most active extracts: physical, physical-chemical and chemical parameters. The results were: nine extracts showed antibacterial activity,... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Antimicrobial activity; Anamu; Soft extracts; Blended extracts; Minimum Inhibitory Concentration. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502013000200006 |
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