Toxic and antimicrobial potential from piper aduncum crude extract
International Journal of Development Research
Toxic and antimicrobial potential from piper aduncum crude extract
Received 09th September, 2022; Received in revised form 23rd September, 2022; Accepted 14th October, 2022; Published online 30th October, 2022
Copyright©2022, Rodrigues, K.M.M T et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Piper aduncum is used for many communities as medicinal plant to treat and to cure different diseases, including gastrointestinal disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the anti-microbial and toxic potential of aqueous crude extract from leaves of Piper aduncum, and to approximate the effect in laboratory tests to what is possibly observed with the tea use. Healthy leaves of Piper aduncum were used to prepare the aqueous crude extract in three concentrations (20 g/L, 10 g/L and 5 g/L). It was demonstrated that the P. aduncum infusion has no effect as antimicrobial, and it did not have any toxic effect against blood cells, but potential toxic effect on cell development.
