| screening of amazonian plants from the adolpho ducke forest reserve, manaus, state of amazonas, brazil, for antimicrobial activity. | tropical forests are species-rich reserves for the discovery and development of antimicrobial drugs. the aim of this work is to investigate the in vitro antimicrobial potential of amazon plants found within the national institute on amazon research's adolpho ducke forest reserve, located in manaus, state of amazonas, brazil. 75 methanol, chloroform and water extracts representing 12 plant species were tested for antimicrobial activity towards strains of mycobacterium smegmatis, escherichia coli, ... | 2008 | 18368234 |