<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">William Antonio Sagástegui Guarniz</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kirley Marques Canuto</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paulo Riceli Vasconcelos Ribeiro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hilania Valeria Dodou</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karla Nascimento Magalhaes</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">KellenMiranda Sá</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patrícia Georgina Garcia do Nascimento</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karine Lima Silva</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gleilton Weyne Passos Sales</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mirian Parente Monteiro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nadia Accioly Pinto Nogueira</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sikiru Olaitan Balogun</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mary Anne Medeiros Bandeira</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Momordica Charantia L. Variety from Northeastern Brazil: Analysis of Antimicrobial Activity and Phytochemical Components</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antibacterial</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antifungal</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ethnopharmacology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">in vitro activity</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">October 2019</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1312-1324</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Momordica charanthia &lt;/em&gt;L., Curcubitaceae, is a pantropical food and medicinal plant. The plant is included in the Official List of Brazilian Medicinal Plants of interest to the Brazilian Unified Health System. The study aimed to perfom microbiological studies with extracts of &lt;em&gt;Momordica charanthia&lt;/em&gt; L. including chemical characterization of the active extracts. &lt;strong&gt;Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; The antimicrobial activity was evaluated with the hydroalcoholic and acetone extracts of&lt;em&gt; M. charantia&lt;/em&gt; leaves, fruits and seeds from northeastern Brazil using microdilution broth technique on the selected clinical bacterial and fungal strains. Extracts that presented antimicrobial were subjected to ultra performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-QToF-ESI-MS). &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; The&lt;em&gt; in vitro &lt;/em&gt;antimicrobial assays demonstrated that the leaves extracts presented good antibacterial effect against four &lt;em&gt;Staphylococcus aureus &lt;/em&gt;strains, and a weak antifungal activity agaist &lt;em&gt;Candida albicans&lt;/em&gt;. Fourteen compounds were identified in the hydroalcoholic extract, while 12 were found in the acetone extract. The most important compounds were kaempferol, quercertin and triterpenoids like cucurbitacins. &lt;strong&gt;Conclussion: &lt;/strong&gt;The present study demonstrated the potential antibacterial activity of &lt;em&gt;M. charantia&lt;/em&gt; L. from northeastern part of Brazil, in addition to important phytochemical metabolites known to possess antibacterial activities, particularly against microrganisms of clinical importance. The UPLC phytochemical profile of the Brazilian variety is reported here for the first time. The phytochemical profile of the LHE and FAE demonstrated the presence of biologically and pharmacologically active compounds. There is lack of biological and pharmacological studies to support the medicinal uses of this important plant. The Brazilian variety of &lt;em&gt;M. Charantia &lt;/em&gt;could be a potential therapeutic agent in the treatment of infections.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1312</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;William Antonio Sagástegui Guarniz&lt;sup&gt;1,8&lt;/sup&gt;, Kirley Marques Canuto&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Paulo Riceli Vasconcelos Ribeiro&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Hilania Valeria Dodou&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Karla Nascimento Magalhaes&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Kellen Miranda Sá&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Patrícia Georgina Garcia do Nascimento&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;, Karine Lima Silva&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;, Gleilton Weyne Passos Sales&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;, Mirian Parente Monteiro&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Nadia Accioly Pinto Nogueira&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Sikiru Olaitan Balogun&lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;,*, Mary Anne Medeiros Bandeira&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Odontology and Nursing, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Ceará, BRAZIL.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, Ceará, BRAZIL.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Horto de Plantas Medicinais Prof FJA Matos, Universidade Federal do Ceará, BRAZIL.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Ceara, BRAZIL.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Ceará, BRAZIL.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Ceará, BRAZIL.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;Faculdade Noroeste do Mato Grosso - AJES, 78.320-000, Juína, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;8&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, National University of Trujillo, PERU.&lt;/p&gt;
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