An Application of the Brine Shrimp Bioassay for General Screening of Brazilian Medicinal Plants
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Extracts of eleven species of Brazilian flora were subjected to a bioscreening study to detect cytotoxic activity by the brine shrimp lethality bioassay. The plants studied were: Baccharis pseudotenuifolia, Baccharis ligustrina, Baccharis platypoda, Baccharis coridifolia, Polygala paniculata, Polygala sabulosa, Croton celtidifolius, Cyathea phalerata, Trichilia catigua, Eugenia uniflora and Schinus molle. The results obtained for the crude extracts of B. pseudotenuifolia, B. ligustrina, B. coridifolia, P. sabulosa, and B. platypoda (CHCl3 extract), and C. celtidifolius (ethanol leaf extract) were promising. These results suggest that more specific bioassays should be encouraged on those plant extracts in order to confirm these conclusions. RESUMEN. “Aplicación del bioensayo de Artemia salina en el análisis general de plantas medicinales brasileñas”. Extractos de once especies de la flora brasileña fueron estudiados para evaluar la actividad citotóxica por el test de Artemia salina. Las plantas seleccionadas fueron: Baccharis pseudotenuifolia, Baccharis ligustrina, Baccharis platypoda, Baccharis coridifolia, Polygala paniculata, Polygala sabulosa, Croton celtidifolius, Cyathea phalerata, Trichilia catigua, Eugenia uniflora y Schinus molle. Los resultados obtenidos para los extractos crudos de B. pseudotenuifolia, B. ligustrina, B. coridifolia, P. sabulosa, B. platypoda (CHCl3 extract) y el extracto etanólico de C. celtidifolius (hojas) fueron promisorios. Estudios más específicos deben ser realizados sobre las plantas que mostraron actividad para este bioensayo para confirmar estas conclusiones.
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