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Antimicrobial Activity of Extracts from Plants Endemic to the Canary Islands

✍ Scribed by R. M. Herrera; M. Pérez; D. A. Martín-Herrera; R. López-García; R. M. Rabanal; A. Arias

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
349 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
0951-418X

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✦ Synopsis

The antibacterial and antifungal activities of several extracts and fractions from four endemic Canary plants, Ceropegia fusca Bolle (Asclepiadaceae), Hypericum reflexum L. f. (Hypericaceae or Guttiferae), Maytenus canariensis (loes) Kunkel8t Sunding (Celastraceae) and Plocama pendulo Ait. (Rubiaceae), were determined. The antimicrobial study was carried out by the dilution and diffusion methods and the results showed good antibacterial activity but no antifungal activity. The MeOH extract from Hypericum reflexurn was active against gram-positive bacteria Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Micrococcus luteus, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidennidis and against the gram-negative bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae.

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