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| Title |
Antibiotic activity of Plectranthus ornatus Codd., a Traditional Medicinal Plant
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| Published in |
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.1590/0001-3765201720170068 |
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| Authors |
Fernanda R Nascimento, Kamylla R S Albuquerque, Marcos R Oliveira, Virginia R Pizziolo, Beatriz G Brasileiro, Gaspar Diaz, Marisa A N Diaz |
| Abstract |
The dichloromethane extract of Plectranthus ornatus Codd., a tradicional medicinal plant, showed antibiotic activity with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of 0.4 mg.mL-1 and 100 percent of biofilm inhibition against Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from animals with mastitis infections. Based on these antibacterial activities, in addition to ethnopharmacological reports from healing men and farmers in Brazil, an herbal soap was produced from this active extract and was tested both in vitro and in vivo. In vivo assays conducted on these herbal soaps led to results similar to those previously conducted with the active extract. These results indicated the great potential of this plant for use as an excipient by preparing herbal antibacterial soaps as an alternative veterinary medicine aimed at controlling bovine mastitis infections on small Brazilian farms. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 52 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 52 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 15% |
| Researcher | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 22 | 42% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 10% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 5 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 8% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 22 | 42% |