Termite usage associated with antibiotic therapy: enhancement of aminoglycoside antibiotic activity by natural products of <it>Nasutitermes corniger </it>(Motschulsky 1855)

• Main Authors: Almeida-Filho Geraldo G (Author), Lima Micheline A (Author), Vasconcellos Alexandre (Author), Coutinho Henrique DM (Author), Alves Rômulo RN (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Several species from Insecta are used as remedies. Among these species, the termite <it>Nasutitermes corniger </it>is commonly used in traditional medicine in Northeast Brazil. The present work tests the modifying antibio...