Phytomedicinal potential of tropical cloudforest plants from Monteverde, Costa Rica
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| Formaat: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publicatiedatum: | 2003 |
| Omschrijving: | 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. |
| Land: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Instelling: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Taal: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/15834 |
| Online toegang: | https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/15834 |
| Keyword: | antibacterial activity antifungal activity antiherpes activity cytotoxic activity monteverde cloud forest preserve Costa Rica |