Antimicrobial activity of the methanolic extract and of the chemical constituents isolated from Newbouldia laevis

Pharmazie

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 552-556

  Kuete, Victor ^a   Eyong, K O ^a   Folefoc, G N ^a   Beng, V P ^a   Hussain, H ^b   Krohn, K ^b   Nkengfack, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL)ETHYLTRIOCTANOATE; 2 ACETYLFURO 1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; 2 HYDROXY 3 METHOXY 9,10 DIOXO 9,10 DIHYDROANTHRACENE 1 CARBALDEHYDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA SITOSTEROL 3 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; CANTHIC ACID; CHRYSOERIOL; GENTAMICIN; LAPACHOL; METHANOL; NEWBOULDIAMIDE; NEWBOULDIAQUINONE; NYSTATIN; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARK; CANDIDA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBOULDIA LAEVIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YEAST;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIFFUSION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; METHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; SOLVENTS; YEASTS;

EID: 34447519197     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2007.7.6757     Document Type: Article

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