Antibacterial galloylated alkylphloroglucinol glucosides from myrtle (Myrtus communis)

Journal of Natural Products

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-254

  Appendino, Giovanni ^a,b   Maxia, Lucia ^a,b   Bettoni, Piergiorgio ^a,b   Locatelli, Monica ^a,b   Valdivia, Carola ^c   Ballero, Mauro ^b   Stavri, Michael ^d   Gibbons, Simon ^d   Sterner, Olov ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b Consorzio per lo Studio dei Metaboliti Secondari ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLOMYRTUCOMMULONE B; GLUCOSIDE; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; PHLOROGLUCINOL GLUCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYRTLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRENYLATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GLUCOSIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MYRTUS; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PLANT LEAVES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

MYRTUS COMMUNIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33644923221     PISSN: 01633864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/np050462w     Document Type: Article

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