Different antibacterial actions of isoflavones isolated from Erythrina poeppigiana against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-248

  Sato, M ^a   Tanaka, H ^b   Tani, N ^b   Nagayama, M ^a   Yamaguchi, R ^a  

^a ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus activity; Erythrina poeppigiana; Isoflavones; Methicillin sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BACTERIA; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; FLAVONOIDS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SILICA GEL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ACTIVITY; ERYTHRINA POEPPIGIANA; INACTIVE COMPOUNDS; ISOFLAVONES; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN SENSITIVITY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ACTIVITY;

DICHLOROMETHANE;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHRINA EXTRACT; ERYTHRININ B; ISOFLAVONE; ISOLUPALBIGENIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ACETONE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SILICA GEL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEGUME; PHENOLIC COMPOUND;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ERYTHRINA; GROWTH INHIBITION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYTHRINA POEPPIGIANA; FABACEAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33747109421     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01963.x     Document Type: Article

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