PLANT HEALTH QUALITY OF PEEL OF AROEIRA (Myrocroduon urundeuva Allemão) AND CATUABA (Erythroxylum vacciniifolium Mart.) COMMERCIALLY FAIR MUNICIPAL EMPRESS, MA

Abstract

The use of medicinal plants has become very representative, because it is marketed as an alternative medicine to cure certain diseases. Even with the advancement of the pharmaceutical industry and the evolution of the science of medicine, the use of these plants for the extraction of the active substance and plant material is still indispensable. This study aimed to perform the analysis in plant husks mastic (Myrocroduon urundeuva Allemão) and catuaba (Erythroxylum vacciniifolium Mart.), marketed in Imperatriz, MA. Held collection of mastic and catuaba bark, three county fairs, these were packaged in plastic bags and sent to the Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Microbiology and Food at the State University of Maranhão - Center of Study Top Empress, where the shells through the process of surface disinfection with 70% alcohol, sodium hypochlorite and distilled water and 2 were inoculated in standard potato, and dextrose agar (PDA), and maintained in the laboratory under controlled temperature between 25-30 ° C for seven days. In the analysis of fungal incidence were identified: Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium moniliforme, Fusarium solani, Penicillium italicum and Rhizopus sp. However, Aspergillus sp. and Fusarium sp. were the most frequent.   KEYWORDS: fungi, medicinal plants, mycotoxins.