Isolation of the active compound in Mauria heterophylla, a peruvian plant with antibacterial activity

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 160-161

  Mori, Tatsuya ^a   Chang, Cecilia ^b   Maurtua, Dora ^b   Hammond, Gerald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Ethyl gallate; Mauria heterophylla; P. aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GALLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GALLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; MAURIA HETEROPHYLLA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRACTIONATION; MAURIA HETEROPHYLLA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PERU; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GALLIC ACID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SITOSTEROLS;

ANACARDIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33144473228     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1825     Document Type: Article

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