For thousands of years, humanity, in order to ensure its survival, used plants in their daily lives to help cure and treat various pathologies. This integrative medical practice is known as herbal medicine and has grown over the years as a very promising complementary alternative. Several extracts have a broad spectrum of prophylactic action against various infections, such as Justicia pectoralis Jacq. (Acantha...
Abstract: Coalho cheese is a dairy product typical of the Northeast region of Brazil and widely consumed by the population; however, the poor quality of the raw material used in association with the absence of standardization in the manufacturing process makes it susceptible to microbial contamination, mainly by Staphylococcus aureus. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of chitosan as a co...