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| Araújo,Sthéfane G.; Alves,Lucas F.; Pinto,Maria Eduarda A.; Oliveira,Graziela T.; Siqueira,Ezequias P.; Ribeiro,Rosy I. M. A.; Ferreira,Jaqueline M. S.; Lima,Luciana A. R. S.. |
| Bacterial infections cause thousands of deaths in the world every year. In most cases, infections are more serious because the patient is already weakened, and often, the bacteria are already resistant to the antibiotics used. Counterparting this negative scenario, the interest in medicinal plants as an alternative to the synthetic antimicrobial drugs is blossoming worldwide. In the present work, we identified the volatile compounds of ethanol extracts of Melissa officinalis, Mentha sp., Ocimum basilicum, Plectranthus barbatus, and Rosmarinus officinalis by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Also was evaluated antimicrobial activity of ethanol extracts against 6 bacteria of clinical interest, and was tested the interaction of these extracts with... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Lamiaceae; Antibacterial; Ethanol extracts; Volatile compounds; Streptomycin. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000400026 |
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