Antibiotic, cytotoxic and enzyme inhibitory activity of crude extracts from Brazilian marine invertebrates

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-318

  Seleghim, Mima H R ^a,b   Lira, Simone P ^a   Kossuga, Miriam H ^a   Batista, Tatiana ^a   Berlinck, Roberta G S ^a   Hajdu, Eduarde ^c   Muricy, Guilherme ^c   Da Rocha, Rosana M ^d   Do Nascimento, Gislene G F ^e   Silva, Marcio ^a   Pimenta, Eli F ^a   Thiemann, Otávio H ^a   Oliva, Glaucius ^a   Cavalcanti, Bruno C ^f   Pessoa, Claudia ^f   De Morues, Manoel O ^f   Galetti, Fabio C S ^a   Silva, Celio L ^a   De Souza, Ana O ^g   Peixinho, Solange ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e METHODIST UNIVERSITY OF PIRACICABA   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antimycobacterial; Ascidians; Biological screening; Bryozoans; Cytotoxic; Enzymatic inhibitor; Marine sponges; Octocorals

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248813901     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2007000300002     Document Type: Article

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