title: Evaluation of biological activity of crude extracts from plants used in Yucatecan traditional medicine part I. Antioxidant, antimicrobial and beta-glucosidase inhibition activities.
abstract: Bioactivity of extracts from leaves, stems and roots of twelve plants commonly used in Yucatecan traditional medicine were evaluated in four bioassays. Crude extracts from ten plants showed significant activity in the inhibition of bleaching of beta-carotene assay, while thirteen extracts showed activity in the reduction of 2, 2- diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) assay. In the antimicrobial bioassay, the major activity was presented by the root extract of Jatropha gaumeri and in the beta-glucosidase inhibition activity assay the strongest activity was observed in the stem and root extracts of Solanum hirtum.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Química Orgánica, Unidad de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucátan, A. C., Mérida, México.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Medina
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: García-Sosa
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: May-Pat
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Peña-Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D001681:Biological Assay; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020834:Ethnopharmacology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008800:Mexico; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods; D008954:Models, Biological; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D001617:beta-Glucosidase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D010936:Plant Extracts; D001617:beta-Glucosidase