TY - JOUR
T1 - Antibacterial activity of five Peruvian medicinal plants against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
AU - Ulloa-Urizar, Gabriela
AU - Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel
AU - De Lama-Odría, María del Carmen
AU - Camarena-Lizarzaburu, José
AU - del Valle Mendoza, Juana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Hainan Medical University.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Objective: To evaluate the susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (. P. aeruginosa) in vitro to the ethanolic extracts obtained from five different Peruvian medicinal plants. Methods: The plants were chopped and soaked in absolute ethanol (1:2, w/v). The antibacterial activity of compounds against P. aeruginosa was evaluated using the cup-plate agar diffusion method. Results: The extracts from Maytenus macrocarpa ("Chuchuhuasi"), Dracontium loretense Krause ("Jergon Sacha"), Tabebuia impetiginosa ("Tahuari"), Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn (eucalyptus), Uncaria tomentosa ("Uña de gato") exhibited favorable antibacterial activity against P. aeruginosa. The inhibitory effect of the extracts on the strains of P. aeruginosa tested demonstrated that Tabebuia impetiginosa and Maytenus macrocarpa possess higher antibacterial activity. Conclusions: The results of the present study scientifically validate the inhibitory capacity of the five medicinal plants attributed by their common use in folk medicine and contribute towards the development of new treatment options based on natural products.
AB - Objective: To evaluate the susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (. P. aeruginosa) in vitro to the ethanolic extracts obtained from five different Peruvian medicinal plants. Methods: The plants were chopped and soaked in absolute ethanol (1:2, w/v). The antibacterial activity of compounds against P. aeruginosa was evaluated using the cup-plate agar diffusion method. Results: The extracts from Maytenus macrocarpa ("Chuchuhuasi"), Dracontium loretense Krause ("Jergon Sacha"), Tabebuia impetiginosa ("Tahuari"), Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn (eucalyptus), Uncaria tomentosa ("Uña de gato") exhibited favorable antibacterial activity against P. aeruginosa. The inhibitory effect of the extracts on the strains of P. aeruginosa tested demonstrated that Tabebuia impetiginosa and Maytenus macrocarpa possess higher antibacterial activity. Conclusions: The results of the present study scientifically validate the inhibitory capacity of the five medicinal plants attributed by their common use in folk medicine and contribute towards the development of new treatment options based on natural products.
KW - Dracontium loretense Krause
KW - Eucalyptus
KW - Maytenus macrocarpa
KW - Medicinal plants
KW - Pseudomonas
KW - Tabebuia impetiginosa
KW - Uncaria tomentosa
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apjtb.2015.07.016
DO - 10.1016/j.apjtb.2015.07.016
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:84952877363
SN - 2221-1691
VL - 5
SP - 928
EP - 931
JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
JF - Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
IS - 11
ER -