Lidah kucing

Lidah kucing
Pengelasan saintifik
Domain:	Eukaryota
Alam:	Plantae
Klad:	Trakeofit
Klad:	Angiosperma
Klad:	Eudikot
Klad:	Rosid
Order:	Malpighiales
Keluarga:	Passifloraceae
Genus:	Turnera
Spesies:	T. ulmifolia
Nama binomial
	Turnera ulmifolia; L.

Lidah kucing, dengan nama saintifik Turnera ulmifolia, ialah spesies tumbuhan dalam keluarga Passifloraceae, tempatan dari Mexico dan Hindia Barat. Kajian terkini mendapati yang lidah kucing memperkuatkan kegiatan antibiotik terhadap Staphylococcus aureus perintang metisilin (MRSA).^[1]

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^ Coutinho, Henrique DM; Costa, José GM; Lima, Edeltrudes O; Falcão-Silva, Vivyanne S; Siqueira Júnior, José P (2009). "Herbal therapy associated with antibiotic therapy: potentiation of the antibiotic activity against methicillin – resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Turnera ulmifolia L". BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 9 (1): 13. doi:10.1186/1472-6882-9-13. ISSN 1472-6882. PMC 2685411. PMID 19426487.

[CoutinhoCosta2009-1] Coutinho, Henrique DM; Costa, José GM; Lima, Edeltrudes O; Falcão-Silva, Vivyanne S; Siqueira Júnior, José P (2009). "Herbal therapy associated with antibiotic therapy: potentiation of the antibiotic activity against methicillin – resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Turnera ulmifolia L". BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 9 (1): 13. doi:10.1186/1472-6882-9-13. ISSN 1472-6882. PMC 2685411. PMID 19426487.

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