title: Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants of the Cerrado, Brazil.
abstract: 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.
authors: Instituto de Biologia e Saúde Pública, Campus de Porto Nacional, Fundação Universidade do Tocantins, Porto Nacional, Tocantins, Brazil.
authors: E S
authors: ES
authors: Costa
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: Hiruma-Lima
authors: E O
authors: EO
authors: Lima
authors: G C
authors: GC
authors: Sucupira
authors: A O
authors: AO
authors: Bertolin
authors: S F
authors: SF
authors: Lolis
authors: F D P
authors: FD
authors: Andrade
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Vilegas
authors: A R M
authors: AR
authors: Souza-Brito
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts