Purification of antibacterial agents from Tragia involucrata-A popular tribal medicine for wound healing

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-106

  Samy, Ramar Perumal ^a   Gopalakrishnakone, Ponnampalam ^a   Houghton, Peter ^b   Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Traditional medicine; Tragia involucrata; Tribes; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLNONANE HEPTANE; 2,4 DIMETHYL HEXANE; 2,6 DIMETHYL HEPTANE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HEPTANE DERIVATIVE; HEXANE; NITROFURAL; PLANT EXTRACT; SHELLSOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL DERIVATIVE; VINYL HEXYLETHER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GRANULATION TISSUE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PROTEUS VULGARIS; RAT; SCAR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRAGIA INVOLUCRATA; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EUPHORBIACEAE; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOUND HEALING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRAGIA INVOLUCRATA;

EID: 33745815683     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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