Antimicrobial activity of the methanolic extracts and compounds from Vismia laurentii De Wild (Guttiferae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 372-379

  Kuete, Victor ^a   Nguemeving, Jean Robert ^a   Beng, Véronique Penlap ^a   Azebaze, Anatole Guy Blaise ^b   Etoa, François Xavier ^a   Meyer, Michèle ^c   Bodo, Bernard ^c   Nkengfack, Augustin Ephrem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anthraquinones; Antimicrobial activity; Flavonoids; Triterpene; Vismia laurentii; Xanthones

Indexed keywords

1 O DEMETHYL 3',4' DEOXYPSOROSPERMIN 3',4' DIOL; 1,8 DIHYDROXY 6 METHOXY 3 METHYLANTHRAQUINONE; 3 GERANYLOXY 6 METHYL 1,8 DIHYDROXYANTHRAQUINONE; 6 DEOXYISOJACAREUBIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIVISMIAQUINONE; FRIDELIN; KAEMPFEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISMIA LAURENTII EXTRACT; VISMIAQUINONE; VISMIAQUINONE C;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; VISMIA LAURENTII;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA; CLUSIACEAE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; METHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CLUSIACEAE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; VISMIA;

EID: 33846005844     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.07.044     Document Type: Article

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