Abstract

MARTINEZ, MARÍA JULIA; MOLINA, NANCY  and  BOUCOURT, ELISA. Evaluación de la actividad antimicrobiana del Psidium guajava L. (guayaba). Rev Cubana Plant Med [online]. 1997, vol.2, n.1, pp. 12-14. ISSN 1028-4796.

Antimicrobial activity from 4 % fluid extract of Psidium guajava L., was studied, using a minimum lot of strains microorganism including Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis (gram-positive), Echerichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (gram-negative), and Candida albicans yeast, by method of agar-diffusion. Findings obtained suggest a low antibacterial reponse and absence of antifungal effect.

Keywords : MEDICINAL PLANTS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY.

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