Evaluation of the antibacterial activity of Ventilago madraspatana Gaertn., Rubia cordifolia Linn., and Lantana camara Linn.: Isolation of emodin and physcion as active antibacterial agents

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 888-894

  Basu, Subhalakshmi ^a   Ghosh, Abhijit ^a   Hazra, Banasri ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial quinonoids; Emodin; Lantana sp.; Physcion; Rubia sp.; Ventilago sp.

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLOROFORM; EMODIN; LANTANA CAMARA EXTRACT; PENICILLIN G; PHYSCION; PLANT EXTRACT; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENTILAGO MADRASPATANA EXTRACT; WATER;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LANTANA CAMARA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENTILAGO MADRASPATANA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EMODIN; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LANTANA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RHAMNACEAE; RUBIA;

BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUBIA; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VENTILAGO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 27944489622     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1752     Document Type: Article

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