Bioactivity of crude extracts and some constituents of Blutaparon portulacoides (Amaranthaceae)

Phytomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 566-571

  Salvador, M J ^a   Ferreira, E O ^a   Pral, E M F ^a   Alfieri, S C ^a   Albuquerque, S ^a   Ito, I Y ^a   Dias, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acyl steryl glycoside; Amaranthaceae; Antimicrobial activity; Blutaparon portulacoides; Leishmania amazonensis; Methylenedioxyflavonol; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

BLUTAPARON PORTULACOIDES EXTRACT; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSIDE; METHYLENEDIOXYFLAVONOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SITOSTERYL 3 BETA O GLUCOSIDE 6' O PALMITATE; STIGMASTERYL 3 BETA O GLUCOSIDE 6' O PALMITATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LEISHMANIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

AMARANTHACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLUTAPARON; BLUTAPARON PORTULACOIDES; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036744139     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/09447110260573227     Document Type: Article

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