Antimicrobial activity of natural products from the skins of the semiarid living lizards Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) and Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-141

  Santos, I J M ^a   Melo Coutinho, H D ^b   Ferreira Matias, E F ^b   Martins da Costa, J G ^c   Nobrega Alves R R ^d   de Oliveira Almeida, W ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Zoologia   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular   (Brazil)

^c REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ameiva ameiva and Tropidurus hispidus; Antimicrobial activity; Zootherapy

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DRUG; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; LIZARD; SAMPLING; SEMIARID REGION; SKIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BRAZIL;

AMEIVA AMEIVA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TROPIDURUS HISPIDUS;

EID: 80054039630     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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