Antimicrobial activity of Aspilia latissima (Asteraceae)

Abstract We evaluated the antimicrobial activity of Aspilia latissima - an abundant plant from the Brazilian Pantanal region - against Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis, Candida krusei, Candida tropicalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The crude extracts and fractions showed activity in all tested microorganisms. The chloroform fraction of the leaves and roots showed the most antimicrobial activity against S. aureus, with an MIC of 500 μg/mL. This fraction was submitted to bioautographic assays to characterize the activity of the compounds. Two bands from the leaves (L-A and L-B) and three bands from the roots (R-C, R-D and R-E) were bioactive. Within the root-derived bands, the terpene derivatives stigmasterol, kaurenoic acid and kaura-9(11), 16-dien-18-oic acid were identified. Antibiotic activity of A. latissima is reported for the first time.

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Main Authors:	Souza,Jeana M.E., Chang,Marilene R., Brito,Daniela Z., Farias,Katyuce S., Damasceno-Junior,Geraldo A., Turatti,Izabel C.C., Lopes,Norberto P., Santos,Edson A., Carollo,Carlos A.
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2015
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822015000401103
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