Characterization of intracellular activity of antitubercular constituents from the roots of Euclea natalensis

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-357

  Lall, N ^a   Meyer, J J Marion ^a   Wang, Y ^b   Bapela, N B ^a   Van Rensburg, C E J ^a   Fourie, B ^c   Franzblau, Scott G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

7 Methyljuglone; Antitubercular; Euclea natalensis; Macrophage; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BETULIN; DIOSPYRIN; ETHAMBUTOL; EUCLEA NATALENSIS EXTRACT; ISONIAZID; LUPEOL; PLANT EXTRACT; RAMENTACEONE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; EUCLEA NATALENSIS; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EUCLEA NATALENSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 22644438386     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590951829     Document Type: Article

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