Estudo preliminar da actividade antimicrobiana das folhas de cydonia oblonga miller

Quince fruit is recognized an important source of health promoting compounds being the antimicrobial activities of the quince pulp, peel grape and seed extracts already evaluated. no results are known for quince leaves antimicrobial activity. this preliminary work intended to determine the activity of quince leaves methanolic extracts. these had no antimicrobial activity either against E. coli, S. aureus, C. albicans, C. glabrata, A. niger, A. fumigatus, Mucor spp e Absidia spp and new extracts must be prepared and evaluated. KEy-WORDS: Antimicrobial agents; bacteria; Yeasts; Filamentous fungi; methanolic extracts; phenolic compounds; Cydonia oblonga miller.