• African health sciences · Jun 2014

    Evaluation of antibacterial, antifungal and modulatory activity of methanol and ethanol extracts of Padina sanctae-crucis.

    • Lavouisier F B Nogueira, Edson C Morais, Maria A D Brito, Beatriz S Santos, Doanny L Vale, Bruno F F Lucena, Fernando G Figueredo, Glaucia M M Guedes, Saulo R Tintino, Celestina E S Souza, Raquel B S S Nogueira, Edinardo F F Matias, Maria Fb Morais-Braga, Emídio V L Cunha, Micheline A Lima, and CoutinhoHenrique D MHDDepartamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Crato - CE, Brasil..
    • Faculdade de Ciências Aplicadas Doutor Leão Sampaio (College), Juazeiro do Norte - CE, Brasil.
    • Afr Health Sci. 2014 Jun 1; 14 (2): 372376372-6.

    BackgroundMulti-resistantmicroorganisms such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida tropicalis e Candida krusei are the main causes of microbial infections. Padina sanctae-crucis is a seaweed often used to check the contamination of ecosystems by materials such as heavy metals, but studies of the antimicrobial activity of the same seaweed were not found.MethodsThe tests for the minimum inhibitory concentration and modulation of microbial resistance, with the use of ethanolic and methanolic extracts of Padina Sanctae-cruces combined with drugs of the class of aminoglycosides and antifungal were used to evaluate the activity against the cited microorganisms.ResultsWas observed a modulation of antibiotic activity between the natural products and the E. coli and S. aureus strains, indicating a synergism and antagonism respectively.ConclusionsThe results showed a moderate modulatory effect against some microorganisms studied.

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