Antimicrobial Potential of Plant Extracts from the Pitangui-Mg Region, Brazil

Abstract

Brazil is recognized at worldwide as one of the largest holders of biodiversity on planet, possessing more than 20% of all plant species in the world, with countless of them presenting great medicinal potential [1]. The medicinal plants use throughout the world has reached very significant economic figures [2], although its usage in folk medicine has been recognized for hundreds of years in different regions of the planet. Thus, investment is justified in studies related to its active principles as well as new plant species with potential medicinal application, especially in Brazil, which, despite of its wide diversity of species already described, still presents large collection to be discovered and explored. Proof of this is the enormous effort of Brazilian scientists to study the biodiversity of higher plants in the country in recent years, reflecting in the number of publications in international journals between 2011 and 2013, totaling 10000 publications in that period [3]. As another propellant factor, there is still growing interest in the use of phytotherapics and medicinal plants worldwide, especially in Brazil, where it was observed between 2013 and 2015 growth of 161% in the search for treatments based on medicinal plants and Herbal medicines by the Unified Health System (SUS), notably for treatment of Burns, gastritis and ulcers, according to data from Ministry of Health, [3]. *Corresponding author: Parreira AG, University of the State of Minas Gerais, Divinopolis MG Unit and Federal University of Sao Joao Del Rei Campus CCO, Brazil. Received Date: May 25, 2019 Published Date: June 04, 2019 ISSN: 2687-8100 DOI: 10.33552/ABEB.2019.01.000524