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Antimicrobial study of bark from five tree species
Author(s) -
Pérez G. Salud,
Zavala S. Miguel A.,
Arias G. Lucina,
Pérez G. Cuauhtemoc,
Pérez G. Rosa M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/ptr.726
Subject(s) - antimicrobial , gliricidia sepium , staphylococcus epidermidis , bark (sound) , traditional medicine , biology , pharmacognosy , microbiology and biotechnology , candida albicans , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , medicine , biological activity , in vitro , biochemistry , horticulture , ecology , genetics
Abstract The antimicrobial activities of chloroform, methanol and aqueous extracts of the bark of Gymnanthes lucida, Gliricidia sepium, Lysiloma divaricata, Lysiloma tergemina and Coccolaba cozumelensis were tested against S. lutea, E. coli, S. epidermidis, L. monocytogenes, S. choleraesuis, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, B. pumillus, S. typhimurium, P. vulgaris, V. cholerae and C. albicans . It was found that methanol extracts of the two Lysiloma species and G. sepium had antimicrobial effects against S. epidermidis , S. aureus , P. aeruginosa , B. pumillus and V. cholerae at doses of 200 µg. The major inhibitory effect was observed with L. tergemina which showed a bacteriostatic effect on S. epidermidis at doses of 400 µg/mL. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.