Análise microbiológica de extratos de boerhaavia paniculata rich.

Abstract

The species Boerhaavia paniculata Rich., commonly known as "peg-pinto" or "solidonia", is an herbaceous plant of the Nyctaginaceae family that occurs preferentially in sandy soils, along wall edges and between boulders. This botanical species is widely used in caboclo communities for "urine inflammation", "women's tummy", and "in cases of coughing", in the forms of tea, demijohn and lick or syrup, respectively. This work intends to contribute to the validation of the traditional medicinal use of this plant through microbiological assays, which aim to verify possible antibacterial properties in the previously mentioned popular preparations prepared by a group of women from a fishing village in the northeast of Pará, and different extracts of Boerhaavia paniculata. These tests were performed according to the method recommended by Me Cleary et al. {l960), where 16 strains of different bacteria were used, among which are: Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella sp, Staphylococcus aureus, Serra tia sp, Citrobacter sp, Enterobacter, Klebisiella sp, Proteus vulgaris, etc. The results are being analyzed and will be released at a later date.