Antimicrobial activity of centaurea solstitialis and centaurea calcitrapa

Authors

  • MS TORIBIO Cátedra de Farmacología
  • DS ORIANI Cátedra de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de la Pampa, c/5 y 116, (6360) General Pico (La Pampa), Argentina
  • MI SKLIAR Cátedra de Farmacognosia, Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, San Juan 670, (8000) Bahía Blanca, Argentina.

Keywords:

Centaurea solstitialis, Centaurea calcitrapa, Antimicrobial activity, Methanolic extracts, MIC, MBC, Abrepuño

Abstract

Centaurea solstitialis and Centaurea calcitrapa (Asteraceae), commonly known as Abrepuño amarillo and Abrepuñocolorado respectively, are weeds that grow in the Province of Pampea Argentina, the former of which being the mostabundantly encountered species. Research carried out in other countries has demonstrated that the genus Centaureapossesses antimicrobial properties. The objective of this work was to ascertain the extent to which such a biological activitymay be present in these species, found growing in this particular Argentinian Province. Minimum Inhibitory Concentrationand Minimum Bactericide Concentration was evaluated by means of the dilution method, in broth of methanolic extractsof dry heads of both species. The results obtained, under the working conditions of this study, demonstrated thatCentaurea calcitrapa, presents antimicrobial activity against four of the ten assayed strains: Pseudomonas aeruginosa,Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae and Salmonella typhimurium, while Centaurea solstitialis showsantibacterial activity to a lesser extent, with inhibitory activity only being found against two strains: Streptococcusagalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus.

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2004-09-20

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TORIBIO M, ORIANI D, SKLIAR M. Antimicrobial activity of centaurea solstitialis and centaurea calcitrapa. Ars Pharm [Internet]. 2004 Sep. 20 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];45(4):281-9. Available from: https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/ars/article/view/5117

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Vol. 45 No. 4 (2004)

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