Antibacterial activities of cryptotanshinone and dihydrotanshinone i from a medicinal herb, salvia miltiorrhiza bunge

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2236-2239

  Lee, Dong Sun ^a,b   Lee, Sang Han ^a   Noh, Jae Geun ^b   Hong, Soon Duck ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Cryptotanshinone; Dihydrotanshinone I; Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge; Superoxide radical

Indexed keywords

15,16 DIHYDROTANSHINONE I; 15,16-DIHYDROTANSHINONE I; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CRYPTOTANSHINONE; DITHIOTHREITOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM;

ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DITHIOTHREITOL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHENANTHRENES; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 0033255368     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.2236     Document Type: Article

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