Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Guilherme Ferreira de et al. Antimicrobial activity of Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae) leaves extract. Braz. J. Microbiol. [online]. 2007, vol.38, n.2, pp. 381-384. ISSN 1517-8382.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822007000200035.

The antimicrobial activity of Syzygium cumini leaves extract, known as "jambolão", was evaluated. The crude hydroalcoholic extract was active against Candida krusei (inhibition zone of 14.7 ± 0.3 mm and MIC = 70 µg/mL), and against multi-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus.

Keywords : Antimicrobial activity; disk diffusion method; microdilution broth method; multi-resistant strains; Syzygium cumini.