Artigo
Antimicrobial activity of Davilla elliptica St. Hill (Dilleniaceae)
Date
2005-09-01Registration in:
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia. Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia, v. 15, n. 3, p. 209-211, 2005.
0102-695X
10.1590/S0102-695X2005000300008
S0102-695X2005000300008
S0102-695X2005000300008.pdf
3538253640602977
0000-0003-3032-2556
Author
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Abstract
Davilla elliptica St. Hill (lixinha), family Dilleniaceae, is commonly used in the Brazilian folk medicine as purgative and stimulant. This work evaluated the antimicrobial activity of the methanol and chloroform extracts of the leaves and barks of D. elliptica using the disc-diffusion method. The results obtained showed that the methanolic extracts of the leaves and barks presented antimicrobial activity against the tested microorganisms.