Evaluation of antitumour and antiinflammatory effects and acute toxicity of extracts obtained from Streptomyces spp. isolated from m Soils of Paraiba (Brazil)

795 ISSN 0326-2383

KEY WORDS:Antitumour, Extract, Soils, Streptomyces,Toxicity.

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:heloisa_mara@hotmail.com

Latin American Journal of Pharmacy

(formerly

Acta Farmacéutica Bonaerense)

Lat. Am. J. Pharm. 31

(6): 795-9 (2012)

Regular Article Received: May 20, 2012 Revised version: July 5, 2012 Accepted: July 10, 2012

Evaluation of Antitumour and Antiinflammatory Effects

and Acute Toxicity of Extracts Obtained

from

Streptomyces

spp. Isolated from Soils of Paraiba (Brazil)

Thompson L. OLIVEIRA

_{, Edeltrudes O. LIMA}

_{, Maria C.S. LIANZA}

_{, Heloísa M.B. FERNANDES *}

_,

Thais J.C.F. ASSIS

_{, Abrahão A.O. FILHO}

_{, Ivone A. SOUZA}

_{& Luis C.Z. CORNEJO}

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_{Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas,}

_{Programa de Pós-Graduação em produtos Naturais}

e Sintéticos Bioativos, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.

_{Departamento de Antibióticos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil.}

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_{Laboratório de Microbiologia (ICBM) - Facultad de Medicina - Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.}