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CAPITATA
Alexander Puentes Parra
Resumen
Palabras claves: antimicrobiana, citotoxicidad, Hyptis Capitata, Escherichia Coli, Kirby Bauer,
Artemia Salina.
Abstract
The cytotoxic and antimicrobial activity of an ethanol extract of hyptis capitata, a species
belonging to the lamiaceae family known as the black button, was used mainly as antiseptic
and cicatrizant in varicose ulcers, eczema and inflammatory and allergic skin conditions. To
evaluate the antimicrobial activity strains of Escherichia coli were used using the Kirby
Bauer method of diffusion in agar with impregnated discs that is based on the bacterial
susceptibility towards specific drugs, for the cytotoxic activity was used the method of
lethality of the nauplii Of "Artemia Salina".
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