Antimycobacterial activity of chemically defined natural substances from the Caribbean flora in Guadeloupe

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-273

  Rastogi, Nalin ^a   Abaul, Jacqueline ^b   Goh, Khye Seng ^a   Devallois, Anne ^a   Philogène, Emile ^b   Bourgeois, Paul ^b  

^a Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Caribbean flora; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium kanssii; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Natural substance

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CANELLAL; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HERACLENOL; IBOGAINE; INDOLE ALKALOID; ISOMERANZIN; LOCHNERIN; PILOCARPINE; SESQUITERPENE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TEXALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOACANGINE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0031955531     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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