Antimicrobial activity of flavonoids in medicinal plants from Tafi del Valle (Tucuman, Argentina)

Authors
Hernandez, NE Tereschuk, ML Abdala, LR
Citation
Ne. Hernandez et al., Antimicrobial activity of flavonoids in medicinal plants from Tafi del Valle (Tucuman, Argentina), J ETHNOPHAR, 73(1-2), 2000, pp. 317-322
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
ISSN journal
03788741 → ACNP
Volume
73
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
317 - 322
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-8741(200011)73:1-2<317:AAOFIM>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Preliminary studies of flavonoids have been realised in five native species from Tafi del Valle (Tucuman, Argentina) used in popular medicine. Most of compounds detected were flavonoids mono and dihydroxylated in B ring. Scre ening for antimicrobial activity against Gram positive and Gram negative mi croorganisms has been realised with Lippia turbinata, Satureja parvifolia, Sambucus peruviana, Verbena officinalis and Chenopodium graveolens. The tot al extracts of flavonoids of each plant were tested and four species studie d showed antimicrobial activity. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.