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S R Schlemper1, V Schlemper, D da Silva
1Núcleo de Investigações Químico-Farmacêuticas (NIQFAR)/CCS, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), 88302-202, Itajaí-SC, Brazil.
Fitoterapia
|February 13, 2001
Abstract:
The antibacterial effects of extracts obtained from Persea cordata stem bark, employed in Brazil to treat infectious diseases, were studied. The ethyl acetate fraction of the hydroalcoholic extract showed activity against pathogenic bacteria which may justify the popular use of the plant.
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