Antimicrobial activity of the methanolic extract, fractions and compounds from the stem bark of Irvingia gabonensis (Ixonanthaceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-60

  Kuete, Victor ^a   Wabo, Ghislain Fotso ^a   Ngameni, Bathélémy ^a   Mbaveng, Armelle Tsafack ^a   Metuno, Robert ^a   Etoa, François Xavier ^a   Ngadjui, Bonaventure Tchaleu ^a   Beng, Véronique Penlap ^a   Meyer, J J Marion ^b   Lall, Namrita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Ellagic acid derivatives; Irvingia gabonensis; Ixonanthaceae; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

3 FRIEDELANONE; 3,3',4' TRI O METHYLELLAGIC ACID; 3,4 DI O METHYLELLAGIC ACID; BETULIC ACID; ELLAGIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; HARDWICKIIC ACID; IRVINGIA GABONENSIS EXTRACT; METHANOL; NYSTATIN; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; IRVINGIA GABONENSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; TREE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CAMEROON; CANDIDA; CELLULOSE; DITERPENES; ELLAGIC ACID; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; TRITERPENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; IRVINGIA GABONENSIS; IXONANTHACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34548860920     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.07.025     Document Type: Article

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