Screening for antimicrobial activity of plants used in traditional medicine

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Autor(a) principal: Ramalhete, Cátia
Data de Publicação: 2006
Outros Autores: Duarte, A, Mulhovo, S, Ferreira, MJU
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10884/474
Resumo: Infectious diseases, the leading cause of premature deaths in the world, are killing almost 50.000 people every day.1 Despite the existence of a wide variety of antibacterial agents, the treatment of infectious diseases is a frequent problem in modern-day-medicine due to a significant increase of bacterial resistance to several antibiotics.2 One way to prevent antibiotic resistance is using new compounds that are not based on existing synthetic antimicrobial agents.3 Plants contain numerous biologically active compounds, many of which have shown to have antimicrobial properties.4 In fact, they are among the most important common sources of potentially valuable new drugs. People still use plants to treat a variety of diseases including bacterial infections. This is particularly important in places where modern medicines are too expensive for local population, which is the case in Africa.2 However, it is necessary to evaluate the scientific base for the therapeutic actions of traditional plant medicines. In this communication, we are reporting on the in vitro antimicrobial activity of some plants used in traditional medicine in Africa.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Screening for antimicrobial activity of plants used in traditional medicine
title Screening for antimicrobial activity of plants used in traditional medicine
spellingShingle Screening for antimicrobial activity of plants used in traditional medicine
Ramalhete, Cátia
Traditional medicine
Plants
Antimicrobial
Screening
title_short Screening for antimicrobial activity of plants used in traditional medicine
title_full Screening for antimicrobial activity of plants used in traditional medicine
title_fullStr Screening for antimicrobial activity of plants used in traditional medicine
title_full_unstemmed Screening for antimicrobial activity of plants used in traditional medicine
title_sort Screening for antimicrobial activity of plants used in traditional medicine
author Ramalhete, Cátia
author_facet Ramalhete, Cátia
Duarte, A
Mulhovo, S
Ferreira, MJU
author_role author
author2 Duarte, A
Mulhovo, S
Ferreira, MJU
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ramalhete, Cátia
Duarte, A
Mulhovo, S
Ferreira, MJU
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Traditional medicine
Plants
Antimicrobial
Screening
topic Traditional medicine
Plants
Antimicrobial
Screening
description Infectious diseases, the leading cause of premature deaths in the world, are killing almost 50.000 people every day.1 Despite the existence of a wide variety of antibacterial agents, the treatment of infectious diseases is a frequent problem in modern-day-medicine due to a significant increase of bacterial resistance to several antibiotics.2 One way to prevent antibiotic resistance is using new compounds that are not based on existing synthetic antimicrobial agents.3 Plants contain numerous biologically active compounds, many of which have shown to have antimicrobial properties.4 In fact, they are among the most important common sources of potentially valuable new drugs. People still use plants to treat a variety of diseases including bacterial infections. This is particularly important in places where modern medicines are too expensive for local population, which is the case in Africa.2 However, it is necessary to evaluate the scientific base for the therapeutic actions of traditional plant medicines. In this communication, we are reporting on the in vitro antimicrobial activity of some plants used in traditional medicine in Africa.
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