Abstract
Microorganisms resistant to conventional antimicrobial substances are becoming more prevalent. Accordingly, natural alternatives have been sought with the use of extracts from medicinal plants whose purpose is to find new compounds with recognized antimicrobial activity. This work aims to show the efficacy of the cajá (Spondias mombin L.) leaf decoction using the microplate dilution technique against Staphylococcus sp, a bacterial strain isolated from cases of subclinical mastitis in dairy goat matrices. The 5% probability test was used to compare the means among the studied treatments. Leaf extract from the cajá was effective at concentrations of 1:1 and 1:2 against all strains of Staphylococcus coagulase negative, regardless of storage temperatures. All strains were resistant to amoxicillin + clavulanate, ampicillin, cefepime and ceftazidime, being characterized with a multiresistant profile. Key words: Staphylococcus sp. microorganisms, decoction, Spondias mombin L.  
Highlights
Inflammatory and non-infectious diseases are traditionally treated with anti-inflammatories, which are usually expensive
This work aims to show the efficacy of the cajá (Spondias mombin L.) leaf decoction using the microplate dilution technique against Staphylococcus sp, a bacterial strain isolated from cases of subclinical mastitis in dairy goat matrices
All strains were resistant to amoxicillin + clavulanate, ampicillin, cefepime and ceftazidime, being characterized with a multiresistant profile
Summary
Inflammatory and non-infectious diseases are traditionally treated with anti-inflammatories, which are usually expensive. With the need for new alternatives to combat disease, studies have been conducted using plants from the northeastern semiarid as a therapeutic option for this problem. The use of medicinal plants as an alternative therapy, with an emphasis on microbial inhibition by natural antiseptic agents, has become a beneficial action for the sertanejo that survives from the caatinga, since conventional alternatives are often inappropriate to socioenvironmental conditions. Among these alternative plants is Spondias mombin L, which is known as cajazeira, cajazeira-miúda, taperebá or cajá-mirim
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