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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Antibacterial activity of Brazilian Amazon plant extracts
Autores: | Suffredini,Ivana Barbosa; Paciencia,Mateus Luís Barradas; Varella,Antonio Drauzio; Younes,Riad Naim.
Data: | 2006-12-01
Ano: | 2006
Palavras-chave: | Plant extract; Antibacterial activity; Amazon rain forest; Atlantic forest.
Resumo: | Infections caused by multiresistant bacteria are a widespread problem, especially in intensive care units. New antibiotics are necessary, and we need to search for alternatives, including natural products. Brazil is one of the hottest spots in the world in terms of biodiversity, but little is known about the chemical and pharmacological properties of most of the plants found in the Amazon rain forest and the Atlantic Forest. We screened 1,220 organic and aqueous extracts, obtained from Amazon and Atlantic rain forest plants, against Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and E. coli. Seventeen organic and aqueous extracts obtained from 16 plants showed activity against both Gram-positive bacteria. None of the extracts showed relevant activity against the Gram-negative E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702006000600008
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702006000600008
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.10 n.6 2006
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess