| plants used in guatemala for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. 1. screening of 84 plants against enterobacteria. | gastrointestinal disorders are important causes of morbidity in developing countries. natural healing is the traditional way of treating these diseases in guatemala. ethnobotanical surveys and literature reviews showed that 385 plants from 95 families are used in guatemala for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. the activity of 84 of the most commonly used plants was screened in vitro against five enterobacteria pathogenic to man (enteropathogenic escherichia coli, salmonella enteritidi ... | 1990 | 2214824 |
| antibacterial, antiprotozoal and antioxidant activity of five plants used in izabal for infectious diseases. | methanol and aqueous extracts from fi ve plant species, used in traditional medicine in guatemala for the treatment of microbial infections, were tested in vitro for their ability to scavenge dpph, oh(.) and o(2) (-) radicals and to inhibit lipoperoxidation (lpo) in order to establish a relationship between their antioxidant activities and their effects against infectious agents. acalypha guatemalensis, ocimum micranthum and smilax spinosa possessed a significant activity against both the three ... | 2003 | 12722133 |
| an outbreak of typhoid fever in florida associated with an imported frozen fruit. | an outbreak of typhoid fever in florida involving at least 16 persons during the winter of 1998-99 was investigated using case-control, environmental, and laboratory methods. the genomic profiles of salmonella serovar typhi (salmonella typhi) isolates from the 15 confirmed case subjects were identical. consumption of fruit shakes made with frozen mamey, a tropical fruit, was significantly associated with illness (matched odds ratio, 7.6; 95% confidence interval, 1.4-81.4). laboratory testing sho ... | 2002 | 12134260 |