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All of the extracts were tested against <jats:italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/jats:italic> H37Rv using the Alamar Blue redox bioassay.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Methanolic extracts from <jats:italic>Ambrosia confertiflora<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Ambrosia ambrosioides<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Guaiacum coulteri<\/jats:italic> showed minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of 200, 790 and 1000\u00a0\u03bcg\/mL, respectively, whereas no effect was observed with the rest of the methanolic extracts at the concentrations tested. Chloroform, dichloromethane, and ethyl acetate extracts from <jats:italic>Ambrosia confertiflora<\/jats:italic> showed a MIC of 90, 120 and 160\u00a0\u03bcg\/mL, respectively.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              <jats:italic>A. confertiflora<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>A. ambrosioides<\/jats:italic> showed the best anti-mycobacterial activity <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>. The activity of <jats:italic>Guaiacum coulteri<\/jats:italic> is consistent with the traditional use by Sonoran ethnic groups as anti-tuberculosis agent.<\/jats:p>\n            <jats:p>For these reasons, it is important to investigate a broader spectrum of medicinal plants in order to find compounds active against <jats:italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1472-6882-13-329","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,11,25]],"date-time":"2013-11-25T04:00:57Z","timestamp":1385352057000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["In vitro anti-mycobacterial activity of nine medicinal plants used by ethnic groups in Sonora, Mexico"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Ram\u00f3n Enrique","family":"Robles-Zepeda","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Enrique Wenceslao","family":"Coronado-Aceves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carlos Arturo","family":"Vel\u00e1zquez-Contreras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eduardo","family":"Ruiz-Bustos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mois\u00e9s","family":"Navarro-Navarro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Adriana","family":"Garibay-Escobar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,11,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"1560_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1155\/2011\/403623","volume":"2011","author":"L Jordao","year":"2011","unstructured":"Jordao L, Vieira OV: Tuberculosis: new aspects of an old disease. 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