International Journal for Innovation Education and Research www.ijier.net Vol:-10 No-4, 2022
International Educative Research Foundation and Publisher © 2022 pg. 181
Biological Assessments of Baccharis dracunculifolia DC from a Cerrado
fragment in Central-West Brazil
José Amarildo Avanci Júnior
Postgraduate - Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8834-2173
E-mail: amarildo.avanci@gmail.com
Marcelo Fontes da Silva
Postgraduate - Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8736-762X
E-mail: marcelofontes@hotmail.com
Jéssica Carolina Garcia Avanci Moretti
Postgraduate - Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5428-4924
E-mail: jessica.avanci@icloud.com
Rosemary Matias Coelho
Postgraduate - Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0154-1015
E-mail: rosematias@uniderp.br
Danielle Bogo
Postgraduate - Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0233-3047
E-mail: danielle.bogo@ufms.br
Abstract
Baccharis dracunculifolia is used as an herbal medicine, and green propolis, synthesized by Apis mellifera
bees from it, has inflammatory, antioxidant and antimicrobial principles. This bee product is effective in
combating a series of microorganisms in folk medicine, so it is essential to develop research to prove this
effectiveness. The objectives of the work were to analyze the microbiological profile, dose the flavonoids
and verify the plant's antioxidant activity. The aerial parts were collected in a fragment of cerrado sul-
mato-grossense and processed, obtaining extracts with hexane, ethyl acetate and ethanol. For
microbiological analysis, Staphylococcus aureus bacteria was seeded in agar and filter discs were soaked
with the extracts and, together with the control group, were placed in Petri dishes for subsequent
measurement of inhibition halos. To measure the flavonoids and evaluate the antioxidant activity,