Revista del Instituto Nacional de Higiene Rafael Rangel
versión impresa ISSN 0798-0477
Resumen
GUALTIERI A, María J et al. Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of Azadirachta indica ethanolic extracts. INHRR [online]. 2008, vol.39, n.2, pp.12-16. ISSN 0798-0477.
The presence of the youthful acne, is a disease that directly repels in the self-esteem of the adolescent, causing sometimes insecurity to contact and relations with other people, due to its lack of confidence and respect to its image. Due to high the cost of the treatment for this pathology, the following work had as objective to determine the antimicrobial activity of the Azadirachta it indicates and to prepare a skillful formula (Cream) antiacne. The obtained results of the antibacterial activity of the etanólicos extracts of the leaves of Azadirachta indica A. Juss, showed that the Staphylococcus aureus presented/displayed greater sensitivity with a zone of inhibition of 15 mm to a dilution 1/10; E. faecalis, with a sensitivity of 7 mm, as much in dilutions 1/10 and 1/100; K. pneumoniae with a zone of inhibition of 8 mm and E. coli, showed to be resistant all the tried dilutions. This search suggests them extracted active principles with ethanol of the leaves, can play a significant roll in the inhibiting action against the Staphylococcus aureus responsible for the youthful acne.
Palabras clave : Staphylococos aureus; Acné; Antimicrobial activity; Plant extracts; Azadirachta indica.