Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical profile from the roots of Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Brown

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Jose G. Sena Filho²  Janaina G.s. Melo²  Antônio M. Saraiva¹  Ademário M. Gonçalves¹  Maria Nelly Caetano Psiottano¹  Haroudo S. Xavier² 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas Laboratório de FarmacognosiaRecife PE ,Brazil

关键词: Lippia alba;    Verbenaceae;    antimicrobial activity;    phytochemical analysis;    Lippia alba;    Verbenaceae;    atividade antimicrobiana;    análise fitoquímica;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-695X2006000400012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Brown (Verbenaceae) is commonly used in the Brazilian folk medicine to the treatment of gastric illnesses, diarrhea, fever, asthma, and as a tranquilizer. This work evaluated the antimicrobial activity of ethyl acetate, methanol and aqueous extracts from the roots of the L. alba using plates-holes diffusion assay and the phytochemical profile. The results obtained showed that the ethyl acetate and methanol extracts presented antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 6538P), Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 6538) and Klebsiella pneumonia (ATCC 10031). Terpenoids, phenylpropanoids and sugars were detected in the phytochemical analysis.

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