Antimicrobial activity of plant species from a Brazilian hotspot for conservation priority

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 542-547

  Cota, Betânia Barros ^a   De Oliveira, Alaíde Braga ^a   Ventura, Claiton Pires ^a   Mendonça, Míriam Pimentel ^b   Braga, Fernão Castro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Brazilian plants; Coccoloba cerifera; Endangered species; Lavoisiera cordata; Trembleya laniflora; Xyris cipoensis; Xyris longiscapa; Xyris pilosa

Indexed keywords

LAVOISIERA CORDATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYRIS PILOSA EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAVOISIERA CORDATA; LD 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TOXICITY TESTING; XYRIS PILOSA;

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; COCCOLOBA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAVOISIERA; LAVOISIERA CORDATA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREMBLEYA; TREMBLEYA LANIFLORA; XYRIS;

EID: 0038046982     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.40.7.542.14682     Document Type: Article

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