Antimicrobial activity of Luffa cylindric L. extracts

Authors

  • Caridad de la Paz Lorente Filial de Ciencias Médicas Haydeé Santamaría. Manzanillo. Granma
  • Francisco de los Angeles Cañete Hospital Clínico-Quirúrgico Docente Celia Sánchez Manduley. Manzanillo. Granma
  • Aliuska Castillo Mompié Filial de Ciencias Médicas Haydeé Santamaría. Manzanillo. Granma
  • Javier Frías Tamayo Filial de Ciencias Médicas Haydeé Santamaría. Manzanillo. Granma

Keywords:

luffa, phytotherapy.

Abstract

The work was aimed at checking the antimicrobial action of extracts made from the cylindrica L. plant, obtaining tinctures to 20 %, the hexanic, cloroformic, aqueus, ethyl acetate and the corresponding dry extracts of stems, leaves and green fruits. In microbiological in vitro assays tinctures to 20% of leaves and stems and extracts in different solvents presented antimicrobial action against strains of reference and wild Staphilococcus aureus and Escherichia coli and wild strain of Candida sp. As well as the extracts obtained from the fruit. The effectiveness of the extracts was assessed by comparison with models currently used by the health system.  

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Published

2017-11-28

How to Cite

1.
de la Paz Lorente C, de los Angeles Cañete F, Castillo Mompié A, Frías Tamayo J. Antimicrobial activity of Luffa cylindric L. extracts. RM [Internet]. 2017 Nov. 28 [cited 2025 Jun. 2];16(Supl. 1):679-86. Available from: https://revmultimed.sld.cu/index.php/mtm/article/view/628

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ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES