Antibacterial activity of Brazilian Amazon plant extracts

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 400-402

  Suffredini, Ivana Barbosa ^a   Barradas Paciencia, Mateus Luís ^a   Varella, Antonio Drauzio ^a   Younes, Riad Naim ^a  

^a PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon rain forest; Antibacterial activity; Atlantic forest; Plant extract

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM EXTRACT; COMBRETACEA EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN; GNETUM LEYBOLDII EXTRACT; GUATTERIA RIPARIA EXTRACT; GUATTERIA SCHOMBURGKIANA EXTRACT; LEGUME EXTRACT; MORA PARAENSIS EXTRACT; OCOTEA EXTRACT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PALICOUREA GUIANENSIS EXTRACT; PIPER ARBORETUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PSIDIUM DENSICOMUM EXTRACT; RAPANEA PARVIFOLIA EXTRACT; ROUPALA EXTRACT; RUIZTERANIA RETUSA EXTRACT; SARSAPARILLA RUFESCENS EXTRACT; SMILAX RUFESCENS EXTRACT; STRYPHNODENDRON PULCHERRIMUM EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIROLA THEIODORA EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM EXTRACT;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMBRETACEAE; DRUG ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GNETUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GUATTERIA; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORA PARAENSIS; NONHUMAN; OCOTEA; PALICOUREA GUIANENSIS; PIPER ARBORETUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSIDIUM DENSICOMUM; RAIN FOREST; RAPANEA PARVIFOLIA; ROUPALA; RUIZTERANIA RETUSA; SARSAPARILLA; SMILAX RUFESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRYPHNODENDRON PULCHERRIMUM; VIROLA THEIODORA; ZANTHOXYLUM;

EID: 34247141985     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702006000600008     Document Type: Article

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