Title
Antimicrobial potential of some plant extracts against Candida species
Other title
[Potencial antimicrobiano de extratos de plantas na inibição de leveduras do gênero Candida]
Date Issued
01 January 2010
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Publisher(s)
Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Abstract
The increase in the resistance to antimicrobial drugs in use has attracted the attention of the scientific community, and medicinal plants have been extensively studied as alternative agents for the prevention of infections. The Candida genus yeast can become an opportunistic pathogen causing disease in immunosuppressive hosts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate dichloromethane and methanol extracts from Mentha piperita, Rosmarinus officinalis, Arrabidaea chica, Tabebuia avellanedae, Punica granatum and Syzygium cumini against Candida species through the analysis of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC). Results presented activity of these extracts against Candida species, especially the methanol extract.
Start page
1065
End page
1068
Volume
70
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Métodos de investigación bioquímica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-78650616960
PubMed ID
Source
Brazilian Journal of Biology
ISSN of the container
15196984
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus