Antibacterial activity of aloe emodin and aloin A isolated from Aloe excelsa

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1092-1094

  Coopoosamy, R M ^a   Magwa, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aloaceae; Aloe emodin; Aloe excelsa; Aloin A; Antibacterial

Indexed keywords

1,8 DIHYDROXY 3 HYDROMETHYL 9,10 ANTHRACENEDIONE; 10 C BETA D GLUCOPYRANOSYL 1,8 DIHYDROXYMETHYL 9 ANTHRACENONE; ALOE EMODIN; ALOIN; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOE; ALOE EXCELSA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; MICROCOCCUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ALOE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33745109619     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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