Pharmacological and toxicological activity of Heterophyllaea pustulata anthraquinone extracts

Phytomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 569-574

  Nunez Montoya S C ^a   Agnese, A M ^a   Perez C ^b   Tiraboschi, I N ^b   Cabrera, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anthraquinones; Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Chemical composition; Heterophyllaea pustulata; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXY 3 METHYLANTHRAQUINONE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DAMNACANTHAL; DAMNACANTHOL; HETEROPHYLLAEA PUSTULATA EXTRACT; OXACILLIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RUBIADIN; RUBIADIN 1 METHYL ETHER; SORANJIDIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOSTASIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HETEROPHYLLAEA PUSTULATA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LD 50; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MICROORGANISM; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; ANOSTRACA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HETEROPHYLLAEA PUSTULATA; KOCURIA RHIZOPHILA; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0041336986     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/094471103322331854     Document Type: Article

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