Microbiological and Pharmacological Evaluation of the Micropropagated Rubus liebmannii Medicinal Plant

作者：Jimenez Arellanes Adelina^*; Cornejo Garrido Jorge; Rojas Bribiesca Gabriela; del Pilar Nicasio Torres Maria; Said Fernandez Salvador; David Mata Cardenas Benito; Maria Molina Salinas Gloria; Tortoriello Jaime; Meckes Fischer Mariana

来源：Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012, 503031.

DOI：10.1155/2012/503031

Rubus liebmannii is an endemic species from Mexico used in traditional medicine primarily to treat dysentery and cough. The in vitro activity against Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica that produces the ethanolic extract of the aerial parts of the plant led us to expand the pharmacological and phytochemical research of this species. Gastrointestinal disorders including amebiasis remain one of the health problems that need to be addressed and it is of interest to find alternatives that improve their treatment. Also, it is important to emphasize that R. liebmannii grows wild in the country and is not found in abundance; therefore, alternatives that avoid overexploitation of the natural resource are mandatory. Ongoing with the evaluation of the potentialities that R. liebmannii possesses for treating infectious gastrointestinal diseases, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the biological effects and the chemical composition of the micropropagated plant.

• 出版日期2012