Bioactivity of secoiridoid glycosides from Centaurium erythraea

Phytomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 344-347

  Kumarasamy, Y ^a   Nahar, L ^b   Cox, P J ^a   Jaspars, M ^b   Sarker, S D ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Brine shrimp toxicity; Centaurium erythraea; DPPH assay; Gentianaceae; Sweroside; Swertiamarin

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA EXTRACT; GLYCOSIDE; LIGNAN; PLANT EXTRACT; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; SCAVENGER; SECOIRIDOID; SWEROSIDE; SWERTIAMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENTIANACEAE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LD 50; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CENTAURIUM; CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENTIANACEAE; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0037573504     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/094471103322004857     Document Type: Article

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