An assessment of two Carpobrotus species extracts as potential antimicrobial agents

Phytomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 434-439

  Springfield, E P ^a   Amabeoku, G ^a   Weitz, F ^a   Mabusela, W ^a   Johnson, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; C. albicans; Carpobrotus; In vitro; M. smegmatis; Medicinal herbs; P. aeruginosa; S. aureus; Scientific validation; Traditional use

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARPOBROTUS MUIRII EXTRACT; CARPOBROTUS QUADRIFIDUS EXTRACT; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLAVONOID; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARPOBROTUS MUIRII; CARPOBROTUS QUADRIFIDUS; INFECTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AIZOACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARPOBROTUS; CARPOBROTUS MUIRII; CARPOBROTUS QUADRIFIDUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0038207926     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-7113-00263     Document Type: Article

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