Antibacterial steroid alkaloids from the stem bark of Holarrhena pubescens

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 339-344

  Chakraborty, Asima ^a   Brantner, Adelheid H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Antibacterial activity; Apocynaceae; Holarrhena pubescens; Stem bark

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HOLARRHENA PUBESCENS EXTRACT; KANAMYCIN; METHANOL; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RESEARCH; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ALKALOIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; METHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICRODIALYSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOLUBILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032738770     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00119-1     Document Type: Article

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