Direct and indirect antimicrobial effects and antioxidant activity of Cordia gilletii De Wild (Boraginaceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 476-481

  Okusa, P N ^a,b   Penge, O ^b   Devleeschouwer, M ^a   Duez, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

Author keywords

Cordia gilletii; DPPH; FIC index; MRSA; Reversal of antibiotic resistance

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CORDIA GILLETII EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; FREE RADICAL; HEXANE; METHANOL; PENICILLIN G; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; TERPENOID; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARK; BORAGINACEAE; BROTH MICRODILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDIA; CORDIA GILLETII; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; DRUG POTENTIATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IC 50; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CORDIA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; METHANOL; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SOLVENTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORAGINACEAE; CORDIA; FUNGI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34347325219     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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