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Provedor de dados: 	98	
País: 	Cuba	
Título: 	Antimicrobial activity of natural products from Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão (Aroeira-do-sertão)	
Autores: 	Lopes Gomes,Vangerlan Tiago; Pereira Chaves,Thiago; Batista Alencar,Laianne Carla; Coelho Dantas,Ivan; Dantas de Medeiros,Ana Cláudia; de Castro Felismino,Delcio.	
Data: 	2013-12-01	
Ano: 	2013	
Palavras-chave: 	Medicinal plants; Myracrodruon urundeuva; Semiarid; Ethnopharmacology; Secondary metabolites; Antimicrobial activity.	
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.	
Tipo: 	Journal article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1028-47962013000400004	
Editor: 	ECIMED	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Revista Cubana de Plantas Medicinales  v.18 n.4 2013