Bioactive sesquiterpene lactones from the leaves of Vernonia amygdalina

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-120

  Erasto, P ^a   Grierson, D S ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Ethnomedicine; Sesquiterpene lactones; Vernodalol; Vernolide; Vernonia amygdalina

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BACTERICIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNODALOL; VERNOLIDE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUCOR HIEMALIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM NOTATUM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; FUNGI; LACTONES; PLANT LEAVES; SESQUITERPENES; VERNONIA;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; MUCOR HIEMALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; POSIBACTERIA; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

EID: 33646524710     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.12.016     Document Type: Article

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