Publications
| antimicrobial activity of the essential oil and extracts of cordia curassavica (boraginaceae). | in traditional mexican medicine cordia curassavica (jacq) roemer & schultes is used to treat gastrointestinal, respiratory and dermatological disorders in zapotitlán de las salinas, puebla (méxico). the aim of this work was to investigate antimicrobial activity of the essential oil, obtained by using clevenger distillation apparatus, and hexane, chloroform and methanol extracts from aerial parts of cordia curassavica. antimicrobial activity was evaluated against 13 bacteria and five fungal strai ... | 2007 | 17140754 |
| antimicrobial and general toxicity activities of gymnosperma glutinosum: a comparative study. | gymnosperma glutinosum (spreng.) less (asteraceae) is an important, and an effective herbal medicine which is wide used for the treatment of diarrhoea in mexico. we examined and compared the antibacterial and antifungal activities through the dilution method and for general toxicity activity by the brine shrimp lethality assay of two samples of gymnosperma glutinosum from two localities of mexico: san rafael-coxcatlan (puebla state) and tepeji del rio (hidalgo state). in addition, two bioactive ... | 2007 | 17110067 |