Antitubercular activity of compounds isolated from Pelargonium sidoides

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 645-650

  Mativandlela, Sannah Patience Nkami ^a   Meyer, Jacobus Johannes Marion ^a   Hussein, Ahmed A ^b   Lall, Namrita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antitubercular activity; M. smegmatis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pelargonium sidoides

Indexed keywords

6,8 DIHYDROXY 5,7 DIMETHOXY 2H BENZOPYRAN 2 ONE; 6,8 DIHYDROXY 7 METHOXY 2H BENZOPYRAN 2 ONE; BUTANOL; CATECHIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COUMARIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; FLAVONOID; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCOPOLETIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UMCKALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MACROPHAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT;

GERANIACEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES;

EID: 34848827404     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200701538716     Document Type: Article

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