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. 2022 Sep 7;12(18):2325.
doi: 10.3390/ani12182325.

Efficiency of Pyroligneous Extract from Jurema Preta (Mimosa tenuiflora [Willd.] Poiret) as an Antiseptic in Cats (Felis catus) Subjected to Ovariosalpingohysterectomy

Francisco Marlon Carneiro Feijo  1 , Fernando da Costa Fernandes  1 , Nilza Dutra Alves  1 , Alexandre Santos Pimenta  2 , Caio Sergio Santos  1 , Gardenia Silvana de Oliveira Rodrigues  1 , Alexsandra Fernandes Pereira  3 , Leon Denner Moreira Benicio  1 , Yasmin Beatriz França Moura  3
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Efficiency of Pyroligneous Extract from Jurema Preta (Mimosa tenuiflora [Willd.] Poiret) as an Antiseptic in Cats (Felis catus) Subjected to Ovariosalpingohysterectomy

Francisco Marlon Carneiro Feijo et al. Animals (Basel). .

Abstract

Pyroligneous extract of Jurema preta (Mimosa tenuiflora [Willd.] Poiret) was evaluated for its efficacy as a cutaneous antiseptic in cats (Felis catus) that were subjected to ovariosalpingohysterectomy. For this purpose, 30 cats without a defined breed were sterilized and divided into two groups. The first group was the positive control, treated with 0.5% chlorhexidine-alcohol solution, and the second group was treated with 20% pyroligneous extract of M. tenuiflora. Regardless of age and sex, all animals had visible healing at similar times. A significant reduction in bacterial growth was observed in animals treated with the extract, and no cytotoxicity was observed in the feline epithelial cells. In addition, surgical wounds of cats treated with M. tenuiflora extract exhibited improved healing. On agar plates, treatment with both chlorhexidine and M. tenuiflora extract resulted in the inhibition zones for all bacterial strains isolated from surgical wounds. Therefore, M. tenuiflora extract is demonstrated to have antiseptic effects on the surgical wounds of cats undergoing ovariosalpingohysterectomy.

Keywords: antimicrobials; antiseptics; medicinal plants; sterilized.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Average colony-forming units during bacterial count at Day 0 and 7 post-surgery when using 20% M. tenuiflora extract and 0.5% chlorhexidine in cats without defined breed subjected to sterilization surgery. CL = positive control (0.5% chlorhexidine-alcohol); PA = 20% Pyroligneous extract of M. tenuiflora. Means followed by different letters (a, b) represent significance (p < 0.05) in the treatment between days 0 and 7 according to Tukey’s test.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Morphological analysis of cells obtained from the abdominal region of domestic cat exposed to 20% Jurema preta extract and 2% iodine solution. (A) 0% Jurema preta (M. tenuiflora) extract (negative control), (B) 20% Jurema preta (M. tenuiflora) extract, and (C) 2% iodine solution at (positive control), 40×. Arrow indicates cells with fibroblast-like morphology.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Action of pyroligneous extract Mimosa tenuiflora 20% on day 1 (A), day 3 (B), day 7 (C) and chlorhexidine to 0.5% on day 1 (D), day 3 (E) and day 7 (F) in surgical wounds of cats submitted to ovariosalpingohysterectomy.
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