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eCAM, doi:10.1093/ecam/nel010
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© The Author (2006). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Received March 22, 2005
Accepted February 8, 2006

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Antimicrobial Activity of Indigofera suffruticosa

Sônia Pereira Leite 1 *, Jeymesson Raphael Cardoso Vieira 2, Paloma Lys de Medeiros 1, Roberta Maria Pereira Leite 3, Vera Lúcia de Menezes Lima 4, Haroudo Satiro Xavier 5, and Edeltrudes de Oliveira Lima 6

1 Departamento de Histologia e Embriologia do Centro de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil
2 Mestrando em Patologia Geral do Centro de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil
3 Doutoranda em Nutrição do Centro de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil
4 Departamento de Bioquímica do Centro de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil
5 Departamento de Centro de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil
6 Departamento de Ciências Farmacêutica do Centro de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa-PB, Brazil

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sônia Pereira Leite, E-mail: spl{at}ufpe.br


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Various organic and aqueous extracts of leaves of Indigofera suffruticosa Mill (Fabaceae) obtained by infusion and maceration were screened for their antibacterial and antifungal activities. The extracts were tested against 5 different species of human pathogenic bacteria and 17 fungal strains by the agar-solid diffusion method. Most of the extracts were devoid of antifungal and antibacterial activities, except the aqueous extract of leaves of I. suffruticosa obtained by infusion, which showed strong inhibitory activity against the Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus with a minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 5000 µg ml-1. The MIC values to dermatophyte strains were 2500 µg ml-1 against Trichophyton rubrum (LM-09, LM-13) and Microsporum canis. This study suggests that aqueous extracts of leaves of I. suffruticosa obtained by infusion can be used in the treatment of skin diseases caused by dermatophytes.

Keywords: antibacterial activity; antifungal activity; aqueous extract; Indigofera suffruticosa.
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