Eleutherinone, a Novel Fungitoxic Naphthoquinone from Eleutherine bulbosa (Iridaceae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 709-712

  Alves, Tânia Maria Almeida ^a   Kloos, Helmut ^b   Zani, Carlos Leomar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladosporium sphaerospermum; Eleutherine bulbosa; Fungicide; Medicinal plant; Naphthoquinone

Indexed keywords

1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ELEUTHERINE BULBOSA EXTRACT; ELEUTHERINONE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; NAPHTHOQUINONE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM SPHAEROSPERMUM; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELEUTHERINE BULBOSA; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; HERB; IRIDACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM SPHAEROSPERMUM; ELEUTHERINE; ELEUTHERINE BULBOSA; FUNGI; IRIDACEAE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CLADOSPORIUM; IRIDACEAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 0142166214     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000500021     Document Type: Article

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