| Revista: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000291025 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Autores: | Suffredini, Ivana Barbosa1 Paciencia, Mateus Luis Barradas Varella, Antonio Drauzio Younes, Riad Naim |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidade Paulista, Laboratorio de Extracao, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Año: | 2006 |
| Periodo: | Dic |
| Volumen: | 10 |
| Número: | 6 |
| Paginación: | 400-402 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Caso clínico |
| Resumen en inglés | Infections caused by multiresistant bacteria are a widespread problem, especially in intensive care units. New antibiotics are necessary, and we need to search for alternatives, including natural products. Brazil is one of the hottest spots in the world in terms of biodiversity, but little is known about the chemical and pharmacological properties of most of the plants found in the Amazon rain forest and the Atlantic Forest. We screened 1,220 organic and aqueous extracts, obtained from Amazon and Atlantic rain forest plants, against Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and E. coli. Seventeen organic and aqueous extracts obtained from 16 plants showed activity against both Gram-positive bacteria. None of the extracts showed relevant activity against the Gram-negative E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina, Química |
| Palabras clave: | Microbiología, Fitoquímica, Química farmacéutica, Extractos vegetales, Antibióticos, Selva tropical amazónica, Selva atlántica |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Chemistry, Microbiology, Medicinal chemistry, Phytochemistry, Plant extracts, Antibacterial activity, Amazon rain forest, Atlantic forest |
| Texto completo: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
