Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Effects of Mexican Medicinal Plants
Por:
Jacobo-Salcedo, MD, Alonso-Castro A.J., Salazar-Olivo L.A., Carranza-Alvarez C., Gonzalez-Espindola, LA, Dominguez, F, Maciel-Torres S.P., Garciá-Lujan C., Gonzalez-Martinez, MD, Gomez-Sanchez, M, Estrada-Castillon E., Zapata-Bustos R., Medellin-Milan P., Garciá-Carrancá A.
Publicada:
1 dic 2011
Resumen:
The antimicrobial effects of the Mexican medicinal plants Guazuma ulmifolia, Justicia spicigera, Opuntia joconostle, O. leucotricha, Parkinsonia aculeata, Phoradendron longifolium, P. serotinum, Psittacanthus calyculatus, Tecoma stans and Teucrium cubense were tested against several human multi-drug resistant pathogens, including three Gram (+) and five Gram (-) bacterial species and three fungal species using the disk-diffusion assay. The cytotoxicity of plant extracts on human cancer cell lines and human normal non-cancerous cells was also evaluated using the MTT assay. Phoradendron longifolium, Teucrium cubense, Opuntia joconostle, Tecoma stans and Guazuma ulmifolia showed potent antimicrobial effects against at least one multidrug-resistant microorganism (inhibition zone > 15 mm). Only Justicia spicigera and Phoradendron serotinum extracts exerted active cytotoxic effects on human breast cancer cells (IC50 <= 30 mu g/mL). The results showed that Guazuma ulmifolia produced potent an
Filiaciones:
Alonso-Castro A.J.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Quim, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Salazar-Olivo L.A.:
Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica Y Tecnológica, Camino San José 2055, San Luis Potosí, SLP, 78216, Mexico
Carranza-Alvarez C.:
Agenda Ambiental de la Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Zona Universitaria, Avenida Manuel Nava 201, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, 78210, Mexico
Maciel-Torres S.P.:
Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Avenida Articulo 123, Gómez Palacio, Durango, 35010, Mexico
Garciá-Lujan C.:
Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Avenida Articulo 123, Gómez Palacio, Durango, 35010, Mexico
Estrada-Castillon E.:
Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Carretera Km 145, 67700 Nuevo León, Mexico
Zapata-Bustos R.:
Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica Y Tecnológica, Camino San José 2055, San Luis Potosí, SLP, 78216, Mexico
Medellin-Milan P.:
Agenda Ambiental de la Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Zona Universitaria, Avenida Manuel Nava 201, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, 78210, Mexico
Garciá-Carrancá A.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Biomed, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
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