Antimicrobial activity of selected Peruvian medicinal plants

Rosario Rojas; Beatriz Bustamante; José Bauer; Irma Fernández; Joaquina Albán; Olga Lock De Ugaz

Antimicrobial activity of selected Peruvian medicinal plants

Rosario Rojas, Beatriz Bustamante, José Bauer, Irma Fernández, Joaquina Albán, Olga Lock De Ugaz

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The antimicrobial activity of 36 ethanol extracts from 24 plants, all of them currently used in the Peruvian traditional medicine for the treatment of several infectious and inflammatory disorders, was tested by means of the agar-well diffusion assay against four bacteria (Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and four fungi (Candida albicans, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum gypseum and Sporothrix schenckii). Twenty-five (69%) extracts showed some degree of antimicrobial activity against at least one microorganism. The plants with the greatest antimicrobial activity were Cestrum auriculatum L. Heritier (Solanaceae), Iryanthera lancifolia Ducke Suesseng (Myristicaceae), Lepechinia meyenii (Walp.) Epling (Lamiaceae) and Ophryosporus peruvianus (Gmelin) King & H. Rob. (Asteraceae). © 2003 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Idioma original	Español
Páginas (desde-hasta)	199-204
Número de páginas	6
Publicación	Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Volumen	88
Estado	Publicada - 1 oct. 2003
Publicado de forma externa	Sí

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