Antibacterial activity of diospyrin, isodiospyrin and bisisodiospyrin from the root of Diospyros piscatoria (Gurke) (Ebenaceae)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 112-117

  Adeniyi, B A ^a   Fong, H H S ^b   Pezzuto, J M ^b   Luyengi, L ^b   Odelola, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Bisisodiospyrin; Diospyrin; Diospyros piscatoria; Isodiospyrin

Indexed keywords

BIS ISODIOSPYRIN; DIOSPYRIN; ISODIOSPYRIN; NAPHTHOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DIOSPYROS PISCATORIA; DRUG ISOLATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SALMONELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS PISCATORIA; EBENACEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0034102852     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(200003)14:2<112::AID-PTR488>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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