May 2018

Antibacterial activity of endophytic fungi isolated from Croton lechleri (Euphorbiaceae)

Croton lechleri is a native species from the Amazon and used with relative frequency in folk medicine in Brazil and other countries. Diversity and antibacterial activity of endophytic fungi associated with this plant were studied here. Samples of leaves and stems were used and 575 endophytic fungi were isolated (307 from leaves and 268 from stems), comprising 284 morphotypes distributed in 13 genera and unknown. The...

Author(s): Sebastião Luiz Pires Vargas, Erlan Kessyo Braga de Albuquerque; Sandra Albuquerque Lima Ribeiro; Atilon Vasconcelos de Araujo, Renildo Moura da Cunha and Clarice Maia Carvalho  

May 2018

Antibacterial activity of endophytic fungi from the medicinal plant Uncaria tomentosa (Willd.) DC

This study was designed to determine the diversity and antibacterial activity of endophytic fungi isolated from Uncaria tomentosa. Leaf and stem were disinfected superficially and inoculated in PDA and SDA medium, with and without plant extract and incubated at 18 and 28°C for isolation of endophytic fungi. Endophytic fungi were inoculated in BD medium and the metabolites extracted with ethyl acetate. Endophytic...

Author(s): Rodrigo Asfury Rodrigues, Atilon Vasconcelos de Araujo, Renildo Moura da Cunha and Clarice Maia Carvalho