Antibacterial activity of hydroalcoholic extracts of Jacaranda puberula Cham. (Bignoniaceae) and Sorocea bonplandii Baill. (Moraceae)

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Luciane Costa-Campos¹  Dayana Gomes Ricken²  Vanilde Citadini-Zanette³  Sumaya Ribarsky Scalco⁴ 

[1] Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Sarmento Leite, 500/202, Porto Alegre-RS, 90060-000 Brazil.;Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Av. Universitáma-SC, 88806-000, Brazil.;ria 1105, C.P. 3167, Criciú

关键词: Ethnopharmacology;    antibacterials;    Brazilian Atlantic Forest;    Staphylococcus aureus;    agar-well method.;   

DOI  :  10.5897/JMPR11.295

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: MPA Media

【 摘 要 】

The search for new substances with antimicrobial properties has become necessary due to the bacterial capacity of resistance. Medicinal plants have become an important alternative since many plants exhibit antimicrobial activity. The Brazilian Atlantic Forest contains a huge diversity of plant species, many of which have not been thoroughly investigated.Jacaranda puberulaCham. (Bignoniaceae) andSorocea bonplandiiBaill. (Moraceae) are used popularly to treat conditions associated with bacterial infection such as syphilis, as well as, infections of the skin, kidneys and bladder. In this study, the antibacterial activity of the hydroalcoholic extracts of leaves fromJ. puberulaandS. bonplandiiwas investigated by the agar-well method. The results obtained show that the hydroalcoholic extracts ofJ. puberulaandS. bonplandiipresented a bacteriostatic action againstStaphylococcus aureus. J. puberulaalso exhibited bactericidal activity towardsS. aureusat a concentration of 100 mg/ml.Therefore, these species represent a potential tool for the production of new phytomedicines with antibacterial action against important agents with high resistance to drugs in current use.

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