Bioautography indicates the multiplicity of antifungal compounds from twenty-four southern African Combretum species (Combretaceae)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 1625-1647

  Masoko, P ^a   Eloff, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioautography; Combretaceae; Combretum species; Rf value

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; COMBRETUM ACUTIFOLIUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM ALBOPUNCTACTUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM APICULATUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM BRACTEOSUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM CAFFRUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM CELASTROIDES EXTRACT; COMBRETUM CLELASTROIDES EXTRACT; COMBRETUM COLLINUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM EDWARDSII EXTRACT; COMBRETUM ERYTHROPHYLLUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM HEREROENSE EXTRACT; COMBRETUM HYPOCRATEROPSIS EXTRACT; COMBRETUM IMBERBE EXTRACT; COMBRETUM KRAUSSII EXTRACT; COMBRETUM MICROPHYLLUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM MOGGII EXTRACT; COMBRETUM MOLLE EXTRACT; COMBRETUM MOSSAMBICENSE EXTRACT; COMBRETUM NELSONII EXTRACT; COMBRETUM PADOIDES EXTRACT; COMBRETUM PANICULATUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM PETROPHILUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM WOODII EXTRACT; COMBRETUM ZYHERI EXTRACT; HEXANE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMOTAXONOMY; COMBRETUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXTRACTION; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMBRETACEAE; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM COLLINUM; COMBRETUM PANICULATUM; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MICROSPORUM CANIS; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 33749437863     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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