Characterization of the antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of four native plants of Ecuador (Ilex guayusa, Aloysia citrodora, Clinopodium nubigenum, and Croton lechleri)
The use of traditional medicine in Ecuador is extensive, and many plants contain secondary metabolites that can be used to develop new drugs to fight against diseases. In recent years, various researchers have used medicinal plants to evaluate antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-allergenic, and antioxid...
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| Формат: | bachelorThesis |
| Язык: | eng |
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2020
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| Online-ссылка: | http://repositorio.yachaytech.edu.ec/handle/123456789/299 |
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Добавить метку | Итог: | The use of traditional medicine in Ecuador is extensive, and many plants contain secondary metabolites that can be used to develop new drugs to fight against diseases. In recent years, various researchers have used medicinal plants to evaluate antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-allergenic, and antioxidant activity. In traditional medicine, these plants are commonly used to treat infections, inflammations, wounds or injuries, disorders of the skin, subcutaneous tissues, or disorders of the digestive system. One of the most common uses in treating renal and urinary tract pathologies. This work presents a broad bibliographic review of four native plants of Ecuador (Ilex guayusa., Aloysia citrodora, Clinopodium nubigenum, Croton lechleri) used traditional medicine, describing their ethnobotanical uses, natural properties, pharmacological effects, and chemical components. A great variety of publications confirm the existence of secondary metabolites that present antimicrobial and antioxidant effects. The information is summarized in a comparative table for each of the extraction methods used in each of these tests and the solvent that has been used for their extraction. Finally, several of these species are shown to be used in the pharmaceutical industry and potentially treat thousands of pathologies. One of the significant problems in which the Worldwide Health Organization (WHO) is involved in the growing antimicrobial resistance, and one of the potential solutions is the study of plant species used by indigenous people. |
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