Potential of medicinal plants from the Brazilian semi-arid region (Caatinga) against Staphylococcus epidermidis planktonic and biofilm lifestyles

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 327-335

  Trentin, Danielle Da Silva ^a   Giordani, Raquel Brandt ^a   Zimmer, Karine Rigon ^a   Da Silva, Alexandre Gomes ^b   Da Silva, Márcia Vanusa ^b   Correia, Maria Tereza Dos Santos ^b   Baumvol, Israel Jacob Rabin ^a,c   MacEdo, Alexandre José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antibiofilm; Caatinga; Phytochemical screening; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Traditional Brazilian medicine

Indexed keywords

ALLAMANDA BLANCHETII EXTRACT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BAUHINIA ACURUANA EXTRACT; BUCHENAVIA TETRAPHYLLA EXTRACT; CHAMAECRISTA CYTISOIDES EXTRACT; CHAMAECRISTA DESVAUXII EXTRACT; COMMIPHORA LEPTOPHLOEOS EXTRACT; COUMARIN; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DIOCLEA GRANDIFLORA EXTRACT; EUGENIA BREJOENSIS EXTRACT; JATROPHA MUTABILIS EXTRACT; LIBIDIBIA FERREA VAR FERREA EXTRACT; MELOCACTUS ZEHNTNERI EXTRACT; MYRACRODRUOUN URUNDEUVA EXTRACT; MYROXYLON PERUIFERUM EXTRACT; OURATEA BLANCHETIANA EXTRACT; PARKINSONIA ACULEATA EXTRACT; PIPTADENIA VIRIDIFLORA EXTRACT; PITYROCARPA MONILIFORMIS EXTRACT; POLYGALA BOLIVIENSIS EXTRACT; POLYGALA VIOLACEA EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; SENNA MACRANTHERA EXTRACT; SENNA SPLENDIDA EXTRACT; SIDA GALHEIRENSIS EXTRACT; STEROID; STIGMAPHYLLON PARALIAS EXTRACT; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLAMANDA BLANCHETII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BARK; BAUHINIA ACURUANA; BIOFILM; BUCHENAVIA TETRAPHYLLA; CELL STRUCTURE; CHAMAECRISTA CYTISOIDES; CHAMAECRISTA DESVAUXII; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMMIPHORA LEPTOPHLOEOS; DIOCLEA GRANDIFLORA; EUGENIA BREJOENSIS; FRUIT; IN VITRO STUDY; JATROPHA MUTABILIS; LIBIDIBIA FERREA VAR FERREA; LIFESTYLE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELOCACTUS ZEHNTNERI; MYRACRODRUOUN URUNDEUVA; MYROXYLON PERUIFERUM; NONHUMAN; OURATEA BLANCHETIANA; PARKINSONIA ACULEATA; PIPTADENIA VIRIDIFLORA; PITYROCARPA MONILIFORMIS; PLANKTON; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POLYGALA BOLIVIENSIS; POLYGALA VIOLACEA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SENNA MACRANTHERA; SENNA SPLENDIDA; SIDA GALHEIRENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STIGMAPHYLLON PARALIAS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANKTON; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 80052023565     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.05.030     Document Type: Article

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