Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants of the Cerrado, Brazil

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 705-707

  Costa, E S ^a   Hiruma Lima, Clélia A ^b   Lima, E O ^c   Sucupira, G C ^c   Bertolin, A O ^a   Lolis, S F ^a   Andrade, F D P ^b   Vilegas, W ^b   Souza Brito, A R M ^d  

^a Porto Nacional   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c Laboratório de Micologia   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alchornea castaneaefolia; Antimicrobial activity; Curatella Americana; Hancornia speciosa; Qualea grandiflora; Virola surinamensis

Indexed keywords

ALCHORNEA CASTANEAEFOLIA EXTRACT; CURATELLA AMERICANA EXTRACT; HANCORNIA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUALEA GRANDIFLORA EXTRACT; VIROLA SURINAMENSIS EXTRACT;

ALCHORNEA CASTANEAEFOLIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BARK; BRAZIL; CURATELLA AMERICANA; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; HANCORNIA SPECIOSA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT STEM; QUALEA GRANDIFLORA; SCRUB; SKIN DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULCER; VIROLA SURINAMENSIS;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; APOCYNACEAE; BRAZIL; DILLENIACEAE; LAURACEAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYRISTICACEAE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TRICHOSPORON;

ALCHORNEA; CURATELLA AMERICANA; HANCORNIA SPECIOSA; QUALEA GRANDIFLORA; VIROLA SURINAMENSIS;

EID: 44149110345     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2397     Document Type: Article

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