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Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants of the Cerrado, Brazil

E. S. Costa, Clélia Akiko Hiruma-Lima, Edeltrudes de Oliveira Lima, G. C. Sucupira, Aparecido Osdimir Bertolin, Solange Fátima Lólis, F. D. P. Andrade, Wagner Vilegas, Alba Regina Monteiro Souza‐Brito

Phytotherapy Research · 2008 · 78 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

In order to determine the potential of Cerrado plants as sources of antimicrobial activity, the phytochemical screening of ethanol extracts from Virola surinamensis, Qualea grandiflora, Alchornea castaneifolia, Hancornia speciosa and Curatella americana traditionally used in folk medicine are reported.

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