In vitro antifungal activity of extract and plumbagin from the stem bark of Diospyros crassiflora Hiern (Ebenaceae)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 671-674

  Dzoyem, Jean Paul ^a   Tangmouo, J G ^a   Lontsi, D ^a   Etoa, F X ^a   Lohoue, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Diospyros crassiflora; Ebenaceae; Plumbagin

Indexed keywords

DIOSPYROS CRASSIFORA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUMBAGIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNARIA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BARK; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIOSPYROS CRASSIFLORA; DRUG ISOLATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM; GEOTRICHUM CANDIDUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PERSIMMON; PLANT STEM;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIOSPYROS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLADOSPORIUM; DIOSPYROS; EBENACEAE; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM SP.; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; PENICILLIUM SP.;

EID: 34447542500     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2140     Document Type: Article

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