Simple 1,4-benzoquinones with antibacterial activity from stems and leaves of Gunnera perpensa

Phytochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1812-1816

  Drewes, Siegfried E ^a   Khan, Fatima ^a   Van Vuuren, Sandy F ^b   Viljoen, Alvaro M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Gunnera perpensa leaves; Prenylated 1,4 benzoquinones; Roots and stems

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZOQUINONE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BENZOQUINONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; GUNNERA PERPENSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 23144440038     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.05.024     Document Type: Article

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