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Berberis hartwegii Benth., Berberidaceae, Hameliapatens Jacq.,Rubiaceae, Dendropanaxarboreus (L.)Decne & Planch., Araliaceae, Erythrina herbacea L., Fabaceae, and Zanthoxylum caribaeum Lam., Rutaceae, acetone extracts were selected on the basis of their use in traditional Mexican medicine to treat scabies or skin diseases. Anti-dermatophyte activity in vitro was evaluated using the agar dilution assay, and the thera-peutic efficacy of B. hartwegii and Z. caribaeum were tested against experimental tinea pedis. The infected animals were treated intragastrically daily for seven days with 2.5 and 5 mg/kg of acetone extracts. The acetone extract of H. patens exhibited 100% growth inhibition against T. mentagrophytes and E. floccosum at 100.0 and 50.0 μ/ml, respectively, and B. hartwegii inhibited growth of M. canis and T. mentagrophytes at 100.0 μg/ml. Effective treatments with 2.5 mg/kg of Z. caribaeum and B. hartwegii extract were com-parable with 1 mg/kg of clotrimazole in mice. Liver profile tests and histological analyses did not exhibit any signs of toxicity and the Ames test indicated that both extracts were safe when evaluated in strains TA98, TA100 and TA102. Our results suggest the potential for the future development of new antifungal drugs from B. hartwegii or Z. caribaeum.
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Cornejo-Garrido, J., Salinas-Sandoval, M., Díaz-López, A. et al. In vitro and in vivo antifungal activity, liver profile test, and mutagenic activity of five plants used in traditional Mexican medicine. Rev. Bras. Farmacogn. 25, 22–28 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2014.12.003
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