Microbiological and Pharmacological Evaluation of the Micropropagated Rubus liebmannii Medicinal Plant

• Main Authors: Adelina Jiménez-Arellanes, Jorge Cornejo-Garrido, Gabriela Rojas-Bribiesca, María del Pilar Nicasio-Torres, Salvador Said-Fernández, Benito David Mata-Cárdenas, Gloria María Molina-Salinas, Jaime Tortoriello, Mariana Meckes-Fischer
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
• Series: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/503031

Rubus liebmannii is an endemic species from Mexico used in traditional medicine primarily to treat dysentery and cough. The in vitro activity against Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica that produces the ethanolic extract of the aerial parts of the plant led us to expand the pharmacological and phytochemical research of this species. Gastrointestinal disorders including amebiasis remain one of the health problems that need to be addressed and it is of interest to find alternatives that improve their treatment. Also, it is important to emphasize that R. liebmannii grows wild in the country and is not found in abundance; therefore, alternatives that avoid overexploitation of the natural resource are mandatory. Ongoing with the evaluation of the potentialities that R. liebmannii possesses for treating infectious gastrointestinal diseases, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the biological effects and the chemical composition of the micropropagated plant.