Evaluation of antibacterial and antifungal activity of ethanolic extract of Cochlospermum regium (Cochlospermaceae) leaf, a medicinal plant from the Cerrado of Brazil
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Background Bioprospecting of medicinal plants is a promising activity on biotechnology researches and detection of new compounds with biological activities of interest in health. Studies on medicinal plants of the brazilian Cerrado, still limited across the wide biodiversity found in this biome, it is an important source for the treatment several diseases, including fungal and bacterial infections [5]. Cochlospermum regium (Cochlospermaceae), popularly known as “algodãozinho do cerrado” or “algodãozinho-do-campo”, is a plant used in brazilian folk medicine. Among the various medicinal properties attributed to the plant stands out its use to treat diseases of infectious etiology as well as inflammation [3]. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial and antifungal activity of the leaf extract Cochlospermum regium against Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213, Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 51299, Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, and against the yeast Candida albicans ATCC 90028, Candida tropicalis ATCC 750, Candida glabrata ATCC 2001, Candida krusei ATCC 6558.
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