Antimicrobial activity of the methanolic extracts and compounds from Treculia obovoidea (Moraceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 531-536

  Kuete, Victor ^a   Metuno, Robert ^a   Ngameni, Bathélémy ^a   Tsafack, Armelle Mbaveng ^a   Ngandeu, François ^b   Fotso, Ghislain Wabo ^a   Bezabih, Merhatibeb ^c   Etoa, François Xavier ^a   Ngadjui, Bonaventure Tchaleu ^a   Abegaz, Berhanu M ^c   Beng, Véronique Penlap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Compounds; Moraceae; Treculia obovoidea

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 4 METHOXYBENZOIC ACID; 4,2',4' TRIHYDROXY 3 PRENYLCHALCONE; BERGAPTEN; HERNIARIN; ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN; O [3 (2,2 DIMETHYL 3 OXO 2H FURAN 5 YL)BUTYL]BERGAPTOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PSORALEN; TRECULIA OBOVOIDEA EXTRACT; UMBELLIFERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORACEAE; NONHUMAN; TRECULIA OBOVOIDEA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BENZOIC ACIDS; CANDIDA; CHALCONES; FICUSIN; FLAVONOIDS; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOL; METHOXSALEN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MORACEAE; NYSTATIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; PSORALENS; UMBELLIFERONES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; MORACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; TRECULIA OBOVOIDEA;

EID: 34347360850     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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