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  • Title: Screening of antifungal activity of plants from the northeast of Mexico.
    Author: Alanís-Garza BA, González-González GM, Salazar-Aranda R, Waksman de Torres N, Rivas-Galindo VM.
    Journal: J Ethnopharmacol; 2007 Dec 03; 114(3):468-71. PubMed ID: 17919865.
    Abstract:
    Screening of the antifungal activity of plants from the northeast of Mexico against some of the main etiological agents inducing pulmonary mycoses, Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus, Histoplasma capsulatum, and Coccidioides immitis, was conducted in vitro. We used the M27-A2 and M38-A methods from the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards to screen the antifungal activity. Ten hydroalcoholic extracts from the 15 plants evaluated showed antifungal activity against at least one of these fungi. Following this, a differential extraction was conducted with solvents of different polarities, and 16 extracts showed activity ranging from 16 to 125microg/mL against the different fungi. Toxicity of the extracts was evaluated by means of the test of lethality to Artemia salina, two of which were shown to have toxicity.
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