Antibacterial activity of pure flavonoids isolated from mosses

Phytochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1479-1482

  Basile, Adriana ^a   Giordano, Simonetta ^a   López Sáez, José Antonio ^b   Cobianchi, Rosa Castaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Biflavonoids; Flavonoids; MIC; Mosses

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; APIGENIN; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; LUTEOLIN 7 GLUCOSIDE; VITEXIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOSS; NONHUMAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRYOPSIDA; FLAVONOIDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; ENTEROBACETR; ENTEROBACETR AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0033372836     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00286-1     Document Type: Article

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