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Antibacterial activity of some Peruvian medicinal plants from the Callejon de Huaylas

  • Catherine C. Neto
  • , Charles W. Owens
  • , Richard D. Langfield
  • , Anthony B. Comeau
  • , Julie St Onge
  • , Abraham J. Vaisberg
  • , Gerald B. Hammond
  • Univ. of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
  • Rhode Island College

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Abstract

Extracts of eight medicinal plants from the Callejon de Huaylas in Peru were screened for antibacterial activity in eighteen bacterial strains by the agar-diffusion method; six of these were active against a variety of bacteria.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)133-138
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Ethnopharmacology
Volume79
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

Keywords

  • Agar-diffusion
  • Antibacterial
  • Medicinal plants
  • Peru

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