Antibacterial activity of isoflavonoids isolated from Erythrina variegata against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 494-498

  Tanaka, H ^a   Sato, M ^b   Fujiwara, S ^b   Hirata, M ^a   Etoh, H ^c   Takeuchi, H ^b  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYSACCHARIDES; SILICA GEL; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AGAR PLATES; ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION VALUES; ISOFLAVONOIDS; LEGUMINOSAE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; SILICA GEL COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOLUBLE FRACTION; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES;

ACETONE;

3,9 DIHYDROXY 2,10 DI(GAMMA,GAMMA DIMETHYLALLYL) 6A,11A DEHYDROPTEROCARPAN; 9 HYDRO 3 METHOXY 2 GAMMA,GAMMA DIMETHYLALLYLPTEROCARPAN; ACETONE; AGAR; CHLOROFORM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ISOFLAVONOID; PTEROCARPAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHRINA; ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLANT ROOT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ERYTHRINA (ANGIOSPERM); ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA; FABACEAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ERYTHRINA; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT ROOTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036368468     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2002.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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