Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Plants from Northeast of Mexico
Joint Authors
Waksman de Torres, Noemí
Alanís-Garza, Blanca Alicia
Pérez-López, Luis Alejandro
López-Arroyo, Joel
Salazar-Aranda, Ricardo
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-03-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Traditional medicine has a key role in health care worldwide.
Obtaining scientific information about the efficacy and safety of the plants from our region is one of the goals of our research group.
In this report, 17 plants were selected and collected in different localities from northeast Mexico.
The dried plants were separated into leaves, flowers, fruit, stems, roots and bark.
Each part was extracted with methanol, and 39 crude extracts were prepared.
The extracts were tested for their antimicrobial activity using three Gram-negative bacterial strains (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii), three Gram-positive bacterial strains (Enterococcus faecalis and two Staphylococcus aureus strains), and seven clinically isolated yeasts (Candida albicans, C.
krusei, C.
tropicalis, C.
parapsilosis and C.
glabrata); their antioxidant activity was tested using a DPPH free radical assay.
No activity against Gram-negative bacteria was observed with any extract up to the maximum concentration tested, 1000 μg ml−1.
We report here for the first time activity of Ceanothus coeruleus against S.
aureus (flowers, minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) 125 μg ml−1), C.
glabrata (MICs 31.25 μg ml−1) and C.
parapsilosis (MICs between 31.25 and 125 μg ml−1); Chrysanctinia mexicana against C.
glabrata (MICs 31.25 μg ml−1); Colubrina greggii against E.
faecalis (MICs 250 μg ml−1) and Cordia boissieri against C.
glabrata (MIC 125 μg ml−1).
Furthermore, this is the first report about antioxidant activity of extracts from Ceanothus coeruleus, Chrysanctinia mexicana, Colubrina greggii and Cyperus alternifolius.
Some correlation could exist between antioxidant activity and antiyeast activity against yeasts in the species Ceanothus coeruleus, Schinus molle, Colubrina greggii and Cordia boissieri.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Salazar-Aranda, Ricardo& Pérez-López, Luis Alejandro& López-Arroyo, Joel& Alanís-Garza, Blanca Alicia& Waksman de Torres, Noemí. 2011. Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Plants from Northeast of Mexico. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Salazar-Aranda, Ricardo…[et al.]. Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Plants from Northeast of Mexico. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Salazar-Aranda, Ricardo& Pérez-López, Luis Alejandro& López-Arroyo, Joel& Alanís-Garza, Blanca Alicia& Waksman de Torres, Noemí. Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Plants from Northeast of Mexico. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-479494
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-479494