J Ethnopharmacol. 1994 Jan; 41(1-2): 115-9.

Antimicrobial activity of Visnea mocanera leaf extracts.

HernÃ¡ndez-PÃ©rez M, LÃ³pez-GarcÃa RE, Rabanal RM, Darias V, Arias A.

Departamento de Farmacologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.

A chemical study of Visnea mocanera leaves was carried out giving lupeol and beta-sitosterol fatty esters, as well as beta-sitosterol and the triterpenic betulinic, ursolic, platanic and 2 alpha,3 beta-dihydroxy-ursan-12-en-28-oic and 2 alpha,3 beta-dihydroxy-olean-12-en-28-oic acids. Studies of the antimicrobial activity of acetone and methanol extracts as well as an aqueous infusion were also performed and the good experimental results obtained justify the folk use of this species as a cicatrizant and vulnerary agent.