Antibacterial and cytotoxic properties of some plant crude extracts used in Northeastern folk medicine

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 19, Issue 2 A, 2009, Pages 376-381

  Ramos, Suzana C S ^a   De Oliveira, José C S ^a   Da Câmara, Cláudio A G ^a   Castelar, Ivan ^b   Carvalho, Ana F F U ^c   Lima Filho, José V ^a  

^a Campus Dois Irmãos   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c Laboratório de Fisiologia Animal   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Artemia salina; Croton; Cytotoxicity; Muntingia calabura; Protium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; HEXANE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BURSERACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON JACOBINENSIS; CROTON MICANS; CROTON RHAMNIFOLIUS; CROTON SELLOWII; CYTOTOXICITY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; EUPHORBIA; FLOWER; FRUIT; MUNTINGIA CALABURA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PROTIUM BAHIANUM; PROTIUM HEPTAPHYLLUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 70349902881     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2009000300007     Document Type: Article

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