@article{29c8a6c07457493aa7cd21ba8fad1a5d,
title = "Antimicrobial properties of Honduran medicinal plants",
abstract = "Ninety-two plants used in the traditional pharmacopoeia of the Pech and neighboring Mestizo peoples of central Honduras are reported. The results of in vitro antimicrobial screens showed that 19 of the extracts from medicinal plants revealed signs of antifungal activity while 22 demonstrated a measurable inhibitory effect on one or more bacterial cultures. Bioassay- guided fractionation of extracts from Mikania micrantha, Neurolaena lobata and Piper aduncum produced weak to moderately active isolates. The broad spectrum of activity of the extracts helps to explain the widespread use of these plants for wound healing and other applications.",
keywords = "Honduras, Medicinal plants, Mikania micrantha, Neurolaena lobata, Piper aduncum",
author = "Lentz, {David L.} and Clark, {Alice M.} and Hufford, {Charles D.} and Barbara Meurer-Grimes and Passreiter, {Claus M.} and Javier Cordero and Omar Ibrahimi and Okunade, {Adewole L.}",
note = "Funding Information: This investigation was supported by Public Health Service grants RO3 DE 10001 from the National Institute of Dental Research (to David L. Lentz) and RO1 AI 27094 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (to Alice M. Clark), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland. Helen Marini was indispensable in the laboratory. Paul House kindly contributed plant material. William Berkowitz of the Chemistry Department at Queens College, CUNY, performed the NMR work on the M. micrantha isolates. Glenn Gentry, Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, completed the cytotoxicity tests. Marlene Bellengi helped to edit the text, prepare the tables and was helpful in a thousand other ways. Finally, we wish to thank all of the Honduran informants and hope that the information produced from these studies will be of use to them. ",
year = "1998",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00100-7",
language = "English",
volume = "63",
pages = "253--263",
journal = "Journal of Ethnopharmacology",
issn = "0378-8741",
number = "3",
}