Antibacterial activity of ergosterol peroxide against Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Dependence upon system and medium employed

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 601-604

  Duarte, Noélia ^b   Ferreira, Maria José U ^b   Martins, Marta ^a   Viveiros, Miguel ^a   Amaral, Leonard ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bactec 460; Bactec 960; Ergosterol peroxide; Euphorbia lagascae; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE; CYCLOART 23 EN 3BETA,25 DIOL; ERGOSTEROL; ERGOSTEROL PEROXIDE; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EUPHORBIA; GROWTH RATE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ERGOSTEROL; EUPHORBIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EUPHORBIA LAGASCAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34447558018     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2119     Document Type: Article

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