Antifungal and antibacterial activity of four selected Mexican medicinal plants

• Published in: Pharmaceutical biology Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 297 - 300
• Main Authors: Navarro Garcia, V.M, Rojas, G, Zepeda, L.G, Aviles, M, Fuentes, M, Herrera, A, Jimenez, E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lisse Informa UK Ltd 01.01.2006; Taylor & Francis; Swets & Zeitlinger
• Subjects: Antibacterial activity; antibacterial properties; antifungal activity; antifungal properties; bacteria; Biological and medical sciences; Candida albicans; Escherichia coli; folk medicine; fungi; General pharmacology; Hibiscus; Hibiscus sabdariffa; infectious diseases; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Loeselia mexicana; Lysiloma; Lysiloma acapulcensis; Medical sciences; medicinal plants; medicinal properties; Miconia; Miconia mexicana; Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; plant extracts; Polemoniaceae; Salmonella typhi; species differences; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus; traditional medicine; Trichophyton mentagrophytes; Trichophyton rubrum; yeasts; Mexico; Antifungal agent; Folk medicine; Pharmacognosy; Plant origin; infectious diseases; Antibacterial activity; Antibacterial agent; medicinal plants; antifungal activity; Medicinal plant
• ISSN: 1388-0209; 1744-5116
• DOI: 10.1080/13880200600715837

Abstract The antifungal and antibacterial activity of 10 crude extracts from four different species, all of them used in Mexican folk medicine for the treatment of infectious diseases, were tested in vitro. for antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus., Streptococcus faecalis., Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae., Salmonella typhi., Candida albicans., Trichophyton mentagrophytes., and Trichophyton rubrum.. All extracts from the above plants showed some degree of antimicrobial activity against at least two microorganisms tested. The strongest antibacterial activity was found in the water extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa. and the methanol extract of Lysiloma acapulcensis., whereas the methanol extract from Loeselia mexicana. showed the best antifungal activity against dermatophytes.