Antimicrobial compounds from Coleonema album (Rutaceae)

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 489-498

  Esterhuizen, Lindy L ^a   Meyer, Riaan ^a   Dubery, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Coleonema album; Coumarins

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLEONEMA ALBUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUTACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33748523128     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2006-7-805     Document Type: Article

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