Autor(es): Sequeira, Bianca Jorge ; Vital, Marcos José Salgado ; Pohlit, Adrian Martin ; Pararols, Isabel Costa ; Caúper, Gláucia Socorro de Barros
Data: 2020
Origem: Oasisbr
Assunto(s): Apocynaceae; Bacillus Subtilis; Candida Albicans; Escherichia Coli; Himatanthus Articulatus; Staphylococcus Aureus
Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson is a tree found in the northern Amazon savannahs (common name: sucu-ba) that is used in local Amerindian medicine. Leaf, bark and branch wood methanol extracts, sequentially obtained hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts and latex were evaluated for antifungal and antibacterial activities against American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and local clinical strains using the disc diffusion method. Metha-nol extracts and latex inhibited Candida albicans, leaf methanol extracts inhibited Staphylococcus aureus and Bacil-lus subtilis and bark methanol extracts inhibited B. subtilis. Active extracts inhibited the ATCC and clinical strains. Polar antifungal and antibacterial principles in latex and extracts are thought to be responsible for the inhibition.
