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Revista de Cirurgia e Traumatologia Buco-maxilo-facial

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PONZI, Elizabeth Arruda Carneiro et al. Antimicrobial activity of the Mormodica charantia L. extract. Rev. cir. traumatol. buco-maxilo-fac. [online]. 2010, vol.10, n.1, pp. 89-94. ISSN 1808-5210.

INTRODUCTION: The Momordica charantia L., a member of the Cucurbitaceae plant family, is a fast-growing tropical plant, commonly found on abandoned land, which has proven medicinal effects for the treatment of various diseases of microbial origin. METHODOLOGY: For a microbiological study specimens of clinical and ATCC origin were selected. One ml of each microbe suspension was deposited on sterilized plates. Next, cavities were made using sterilized canullae, into which the extract of the plant was injected in different concentrations. The antimicrobial activity was tested using tetracycline and cloanphenicol for bactéria and cethocanozol for fungi. RESULTS: The aqueous ethanol extract was effective for Staphylococcus aureus and epidermidis and for the Cândida albicans and tropicalis fungi. CONCLUSION: The aqueous ethanol extract of the plant species M. charantia L. was effective in the microbes studied, suggesting that the use of this substance is a low-cost option in the treatment of diseases of the mouth, justifying its technological pharmaceutical development.

Palavras-chave : Mormodica charantia L; Plant Extracts; Plants [Medicinal].

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