December 2016

Antimicrobial analysis of copaiba oil extract from Passiflora cincinnata and endodontic substances

The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of copaiba oil, extracts of Passiflora cincinnata and substances commonly used against endodontic infections of bacterial strains certified by the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and against clinical isolates (CI). The methodology involved the preparation of crude extracts of the plants, the selection of...

Author(s): Lucinea Barbosa de Oliveira Santos,Caroline de Souza Leitao,Amaro de Mendonça Cavalcante,Marcos Aurelio Bomfim da Silva,Zenaldo Porfirio,Antonio Euzebio Goulart Santana