Bioactive compounds isolated from Aloe ferox: A plant traditionally used for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 636-639

  Kambizi, L ^a   Sultana, N ^b   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b BANGLADESH COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH BCSIR   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

1,8 Dihydroxy 3 hydroxymethyl 9,10 anthracenedione; 1,8 dihydroxy 3 methyl 9,10 anthracenedione; 10 C D glucopyranosyl 1,8 dihydroxy 3 hydroxymethyl 9 anthracenone; Aloe ferox; Antibacterial activity; Asphodelaceae; STIs

Indexed keywords

ALOE EMODIN; ALOE FEROX EXTRACT; ALOIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHRYSOPHANIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOE; ALOE FEROX; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALOE; ALOE FEROX; ASPHODELACEAE;

EID: 14944354009     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200490902581     Document Type: Article

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