Screening of medicinal plants from Trinidad and Tobago for antimicrobial and insecticidal properties

被引：81

作者：

Chariandy, CM

Seaforth, CE ^{[1
]}

Phelps, RH

Pollard, GV

Khambay, BPS

机构：

[1] Univ W Indies, Fac Agr & Nat Sci, Dept Life Sci, St Augustine, Trinidad, Trinidad Tobago

[2] Univ W Indies, Fac Agr & Nat Sci, Dept Chem, St Augustine, Trinidad, Trinidad Tobago

[3] IARC Rothamsted, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, Herts, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY | 1999年 / 64卷 / 03期

关键词：

medicinal plants; antibacterial activity; Trinidad; insecticidal activity; Aedes aegypti;

D O I：

10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00130-5

中图分类号：

Q94 [植物学];

学科分类号：

071001 ;

摘要：

Antibacterial activity in 51 extracts from 29 plant species currently used in traditional medicine in Trinidad and the neighbouring Caribbean islands was tested for by the agar dilution streak method using six bacteria: Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Enterococcus faecalis. The extracts from eight of the plants tested showed significant activity against one or more micro-organisms and the most susceptible bacterium was Staphylococcus aureus. In the bioassays for toxicity towards the Aedes aegypti mosquito the most effective plant extracts were from Justicia pectoralis, Manihot utilissima and Stachytarpheta jamaicensis. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：265 / 270

页数：6

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