Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Property of Polyalthia longifolia var. Pendula: Isolation of a Lactone as the Active Antibacterial Agent from the Ethanol Extract of the Stem

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1177-1181

  Faizi, Shaheen ^a   Mughal, Najma Rasool ^a   Khan, Rashid Ali ^a   Khan, Shakeel Ahmed ^a   Ahmad, Aqeel ^a   Bibi, Nazia ^a   Ahmed, Shaheena Anwar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobia; Bioguided isolation; Lactone; Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula; Stem

Indexed keywords

3,4,5 TRIHYDROXYPENTANOIC ACID 1,4 LACTONE; 3,5 DIACETOXY GAMMA VALEROLACTONE; AMPICILLIN; LACTONE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LIRIODENINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DRUG ACETYLATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT STEM; POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LACTONES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; POLYALTHIA;

FUNGI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POLYALTHIA; POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0347356718     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1333     Document Type: Article

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