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| Author(s): |
Marcia Lombardo
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ) |
| Defense date: | 2009-01-12 |
| Examining board members: |
Telma Mary Kaneko;
Adriana Bugno;
Nilsa Sumie Yamashita Wadt
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| Advisor: | Telma Mary Kaneko |
| Abstract | |
Senna occidentalis is a native leguminous from America widely spread in tropical regions of the world and employed in folk medicine, showing a great importance on the search of new bioactive natural products. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of the aqueous extract seeds\' and its protein fractions, as well the hydro-alcoholic extracts seeds\' and aerial parts from this plant, considering its possible use in topic preparations. The antibacterial and antifungal activities, against the pharmaceutical standard microorganisms, were evaluated by broth dilution technique, adapted to microplates. The cytotoxicity of active samples was evaluated by the cellular viability test with MTS employing NIH-3T3 fibroblasts cell culture. As a result, the hydro-alcoholic extract seeds\' 0,3% (w/v) demonstrated a better antimicrobial potential and a suitable toxicity. In such case, this extract could be a candidate for the use as antimicrobial or preservative of topic preparations. (AU) | |