Phytomedicinal potential of tropical cloudforest plants from Monteverde, Costa Rica
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| Yazarlar: | , , , , , |
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| Materyal Türü: | artículo original |
| Durum: | Versión publicada |
| Yayın Tarihi: | 2003 |
| Diğer Bilgiler: | A pharmacological survey of plants from Monteverde, Costa Rica, including 165 species representing 61 families has been carried out. Crude plant extracts have been tested for in-vitro bactericidal and fungicidal activity as well as cytotoxic and anti-herpes activity. Of these, 123 extracts exhibited notable cytotoxicity, 62 showed antibacterial activity, 4 showed antifungal activity, and 8 showed promising antiviral activity. Thus, 101 of the plant species examined in this work, or 62%, showed marked bioactivity in one or more bioassays. These results underscore the phytomedicinal potential of Neotropical cloud forests. |
| Ülke: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Kurum: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Dil: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/15834 |
| Online Erişim: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/15834 |
| Anahtar Kelime: | antibacterial activity antifungal activity antiherpes activity cytotoxic activity monteverde cloud forest preserve Costa Rica |