Antifungal activity of anthraquinone derivatives from Rheum emodi

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 43-46

  Agarwal, S K ^a   Singh, Sudhir S ^a   Verma, Sushma ^a   Kumar, Sushil ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Aloe emodin; Antifungal activity; Chrysophanol; Physcion; Polygonaceae; Revand chini; Rhein; Rheum emodi

Indexed keywords

ALOE EMODIN; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CHRYSOPHANIC ACID; PHYSCION; RHEIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

ANTHRAQUINONES; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FUNGI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RHEUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 0034284560     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(00)00195-1     Document Type: Article

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