Antibacterial activity of some Peruvian medicinal plants from the Callejon de Huaylas.
Extracts of eight medicinal plants from the Callejon de Huaylas in Peru were screened for antibacterial activity in eighteen bacterial strains by the agar-diffusion method; six of these were active against a variety of bacteria.
Neto
Catherine C
CC
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 02747-2300, USA.
Owens
Charles W
CW
Langfield
Richard D
RD
Comeau
Anthony B
AB
Onge
Julie St
JS
Vaisberg
Abraham J
AJ
Hammond
Gerald B
GB
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019448:Ethnobotany; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010568:Peru; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts