Antibacterial activity of a biphenyl and xanthones from Kielmeyera coriacea

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 485-489

  Garcia Cortez, Diógenes Aparício ^a   Abreu Filho, Benício Alves ^a   Vataru Nakamura, Celso ^a   Dias Filho, Benedito Prado ^a   Marston, Andrew ^b   Hostettmann, Kurt ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Biphenyl; Kielmeyera coriacea; Traditional medicine; Xanthones

Indexed keywords

1,3,7 TRIHYDROXY 2 (3 METHYLBUT 2 ENYL)XANTHONE; AUCUPARIN; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DICHLOROMETHANE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KIELMEYERA CORIACEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL KILLING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HERBAL MEDICINE; IN VITRO STUDY; KIELMEYERA CORIACEA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLUSIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KIELMEYERA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0038046992     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.40.7.485.14687     Document Type: Article

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