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Phytomedicinal potential of tropical cloudforest plants from Monteverde, Costa Rica
Vol. 51 No. 3-4 (2003), Articles
Vol. 51 No. 3-4 (2003)

Phytomedicinal potential of tropical cloudforest plants from Monteverde, Costa Rica

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Published December 1, 2003
Mary C Setzer
Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Debra M Moriarity
Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Robert O Lawton
Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
William N. Setzer
Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Glenn A Gentry
Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
William A Haber
Monteverde de Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America
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Keywords

antibacterial activity
antifungal activity
antiherpes activity
cytotoxic activity
monteverde cloud forest preserve
Costa Rica

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Setzer, M. C., Moriarity, D. M., Lawton, R. O., Setzer, W. N., Gentry, G. A., & Haber, W. A. (2003). Phytomedicinal potential of tropical cloudforest plants from Monteverde, Costa Rica. Revista De Biología Tropical, 51(3-4), 647–674. Retrieved from https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/15834
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Abstract

A pharmacological survey of plants from Monteverde, Costa Rica, including 165 species representing 61 families has been carried out. Crude plant extracts have been tested for in-vitro bactericidal and fungicidal activity as well as cytotoxic and anti-herpes activity. Of these, 123 extracts exhibited notable cytotoxicity, 62 showed antibacterial activity, 4 showed antifungal activity, and 8 showed promising antiviral activity. Thus, 101 of the plant species examined in this work, or 62%, showed marked bioactivity in one or more bioassays. These results underscore the phytomedicinal potential of Neotropical cloud forests.
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