Activity of quinones from teak (Tectona grandis) on fungal cell wall stress

Planta Medica

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 943-944

  Sumthong, Pattarewadee ^a,c   Damveld, Robbert A ^b   Choi, Young H ^a   Arentshorst, Mark ^b   Ram, Arthur F J ^b   Van Den Hondel, Cees A M J J ^b   Verpoorte, Rob ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 ALPHA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; 2 METHYLANTHRAQUINONE; DEOXYLAPACHOL; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE INDUCTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PARTITION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SAWDUST; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAMIACEAE; NAPHTHOQUINONES; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUINONES;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; TECTONA GRANDIS; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 33748622557     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-946676     Document Type: Article

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