Actividad Antimicrobiana de Cuminum cyminum L.

Authors

  • M DE Department of Biochemistry, University College of Science, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Calcutta 700 019, India.
  • AK DE Indian Science Congress Association, 14 Dr Biresh Guha Street, Calcutta 700 014, India.
  • R MUKHOPADHYAY Medicinal Chemistry Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4 Raja S C Mullick Road, Calcutta 700 032, India
  • AB BANERJEE Department of Biochemistry, University College of Science, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Calcutta 700 019, India.
  • M MIRÓ Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071-Granada, Spain.

Abstract

El comino (Cuminum cyminum) es un ingrediente habitual en la comida india. Ha sido usado desde hace muchotiempo en la medicina tradicional para curar la diarrea, dispepsia y trastornos gástricos, así como agente antiséptico.Estudios realizados en nuestro laboratorio han mostrado que el comino tiene una potente actividad antimicrobianasobre diversas especies de bacterias y hongos, tanto patógenas como no patógenas. Los estudios químicos realizadosindican que la mayor parte de esta actividad antimicrobiana es debida al cuminaldehido [p-isopropil benzaldehido]presente en el fruto desecado de esta planta. Los estudios de concentración mínima inhibitoria (CMI) con el cuminaldehidoaislado (comparado con el cuminaldehido patrón) indican que es efectivo sobre diferentes microorganismos, incluyendocepas de bacterias, levaduras y hongos.

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Published

2003-06-16

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DE M, DE A, MUKHOPADHYAY R, BANERJEE A, MIRÓ M. Actividad Antimicrobiana de Cuminum cyminum L. Ars Pharm [Internet]. 2003 Jun. 16 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];44(3):257-69. Available from: https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/ars/article/view/5742

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Vol. 44 No. 3 (2003)

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