Antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts and exudates of the Amazonian medicinal tree Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson (common name: Sucuba)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 659-661

  Sequeira, Bianca Jorge ^a   Vital, Marcos Jose Salgado ^a   Pohlit, Adrian Martin ^a,b   Pararols, Isabel Costa ^b   Caúper, Glaucia Socorro Barros ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RORAIMA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; Bacillus subtilis; Candida albicans; Escherichia coli; Roraima; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIMATANTHUS ARTICULATUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70149106798     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000400022     Document Type: Article

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