Publicación: ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ETHYL ACETATATE EXTRACT AND ESSENTIAL OIL FROM BARK OF LAURELIA SEMPERVIRENS AGAINST MULTIRESISTANT BACTERIA.
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2012
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Boletin Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromaticas
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CONTEXT: LAURELIA SEMPERVIRENS (R. ET P.) TUL., IS AN EVERGREEN TREE THAT GROWTHS IN SOUTHERN CHILE, ITS LEAVES AND BARK ARE USED IN FOLK MEDICINE AS AN INFUSION. OBJECTIVE: THE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL AND ETHYL ACETATE EXTRACT OBTAINED FROM THE BARK OF LAURELIA SEMPERVIRENS WERE INVESTIGATED. MATERIALS AND METHODS: ETHYL ACETATE EXTRACT AND ESSENTIAL OIL WERE ANALYZED BY GC- MASS AND THE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY WAS INVESTIGATED AGAINST GRAM POSITIVE AND GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA. RESULTS: THE EXTRACT AND ESSENTIAL OIL SHOWED A STRONG ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AGAINST BACTERIA SUCH AS ACINETOBACTER BAUMANII, A RELEVANT WORLD NOSOCOMIAL PATHOGEN DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: THESE FINDINGS DEMONSTRATE THAT THE ETHYL ACETATE EXTRACT AND ESSENTIAL OIL OF L.SEMPERVIRENS BARK HAVE EXCELLENT ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES AND THUS HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL AS A SOURCE FOR NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS.
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LAURELIA SEMPERVIRENS, INHIBITORY ACTIVITY, BACTERIA, LAURELIA SEMPERVIRENS, BACTERIAS, ACTIVIDAD INHIBITORIA
