Antibacterial, antiviral, antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing properties of Brackenridgea zanguebarica (Ochnaceae)

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1131-1138

  Möller, Maren ^a   Suschke, Ulrike ^a   Nolkemper, Silke ^a   Schneele, Jürgen ^a   Distl, Melanie ^a   Sporer, Frank ^a   Reichling, Jürgen ^a   Wink, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; AMENTOFLAVONE; BRACKENRIDGEA ZANGUEBARICA EXTRACT; CALODENIN B; CASPASE 3; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIPOCORTIN 5; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; KERATINOCYTE; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; OCHNACEAE; SKIN INFECTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAVONOIDS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OCHNACEAE; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLAQUE ASSAY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANNINS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; VIRUSES;

EID: 33747053405     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.58.8.0015     Document Type: Article

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