Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the hexanic extract from the leaves and stems of Croton micradenus (Euphorbiaceae)

Abstract

The chemical composition was determined for the first time of the hexanic extract from the leaves and stems of the endemic Cuban species potentially medicinal Croton micradenus Urb. by means of Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectra (GC-MS). Antimicrobial activity against of the references strains Escherichia coli (Migula) Castellani & Chalmers (American Type Culture Collection - ATCC 10536), Staphylococcus aureus Rosenbach (ATCC 6538), Candida albicans (Robin) Berkhout (ATCC 10231) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Schoroeter) Migula (ATCC 9027), was reported.