1. Bioactive plants from Argentina and Bolivia.
- Author
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Bardón A, Borkosky S, Ybarra MI, Montanaro S, and Cartagena E
- Subjects
- Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents administration & dosage, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Argentina, Artemia drug effects, Bolivia, Lethal Dose 50, Medicine, Traditional, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Mollusca drug effects, Plant Extracts administration & dosage, Plant Extracts therapeutic use, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Melastomataceae, Phytotherapy, Plant Extracts pharmacology, Senecio, Staphylococcus aureus drug effects
- Abstract
Antibacterial and molluscicidal activities of methanol and chloroform extracts of 16 plant species belonging to the families Compositae and Melastomataceae were evaluated. The chloroform extract of Vernonanthura tweediana and the methanol extract of Senecio santelisis resulted to be very toxic to brine shrimp nauplii (LC(50)=1 microg/ml). Chloroform extracts of S. santelisis and Senecio leucostachys as well as the methanol extract of Wedelia subvaginata displayed molluscicidal effects on Biomphalaria peregrina showing LC(100)<100 microg/ml. Moderate antibacterial action was produced by the chloroform extracts of Flaveria bidentis, Grindelia scorzonerifolia and Vernonia incana against two strains of Staphylococcus aureus.
- Published
- 2007
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