Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants of the Cerrado, Brazil.
In order to determine the potential of Cerrado plants as sources of antimicrobial activity, the phytochemical screening of ethanol extracts from Virola surinamensis, Qualea grandiflora, Alchornea castaneifolia, Hancornia speciosa and Curatella americana traditionally used in folk medicine are reported.
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Instituto de Biologia e Saúde Pública, Campus de Porto Nacional, Fundação Universidade do Tocantins, Porto Nacional, Tocantins, Brazil.
Hiruma-Lima
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Lima
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Sucupira
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Bertolin
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Lolis
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Andrade
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Vilegas
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Souza-Brito
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D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D029062:Apocynaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D001938:Brazil; D045466:Dilleniaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D019770:Lauraceae / Q000737:chemistry; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000737:chemistry; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D026324:Myristicaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000187:drug effects
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts