Antimicrobial activity and bioautographic study of antistaphylococcal components from Caesalpinia pyramidalis Tull.

The antimicrobial activity of dry methanol and ethyl acetate extracts for the leaves, bark of the stem, peel of the root, flower, fruit and seed of Caesalpinia pyramidalis Tull. (catingueira) was performed against seventeen isolates of Staphylococcus aureus MRSA multiresistant strains, which include...

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Main Authors: Antonio Marcos Saraiva, Cristiane Lopes Saraiva, Admário Marques Gonçalves, Rogério Ribeiro Soares, Fabrício de Oliveira Mendes, Risonildo Pereira Cordeiro, Haroudo Satiro Xavier, Maria Nelly Caetano Pisciottano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502012000100016