Antibacterial activity of extracts prepared from tropical and subtropical plants on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 273-276

  Nitta, Tomoko ^a   Arai, Takashi ^a   Takamatsu, Hiromu ^a   Inatomi, Yuka ^a   Murata, Hiroko ^a   Iinuma, Munekazu ^b   Tanaka, Toshiyuki ^b   Ito, Tetsuro ^c   Asai, Fujio ^c   Ibrahim, Iriya ^c   Nakanishi, Tsutomu ^a   Watabe, Kazuhito ^a  

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gifu Prefectural Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^c GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; MRSA; Plant extract; Stilbene derivative

Indexed keywords

ALPHA VINIFERIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYPHOSTEMMA BAINESSI EXTRACT; DAVIDIOL A; GNETIN E; HEMSLEYANOL B; HEMSLEYANOL D; PARTHENOCISSIN A; PLANT EXTRACT; RESVERATROL; SHOREA HEMSLEYANA EXTRACT; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VATICANOL B; VINIFERIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARK; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CYPHOSTEMMA BAINESSI; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SHOREA HEMLEYANA; TROPICS; VITACEAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYPHOSTEMMA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SHOREA; VITACEAE;

EID: 0041493486     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.48.273     Document Type: Article

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