Antibacterial and antifungal activities of the constituents of Flemingia paniculata

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 356-359

  Rahman, M Mukhlesur ^a,b   Gray, Alexander I ^a   Khondkar, Proma ^b   Sarker, Satyajit D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Flemingia paniculata; Leguminosae

Indexed keywords

2 CARBOXY 3 (2 HYDROXYPROPANYL)PHENOL; 2' HYDROXYGENISTEIN; 3 HYDROXY 4 METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE; 5,2',4' TRIHYDROXY 4'',4'',5'' (EPSILON) TRIMETHYL 4'',5'' DIHYDROFURANO(7,6,2'',3'')ISOFLAVONE; 5,7,2',4' TETRAHYDROXY 8 (1,1 DIMETHYLPROP 2 ENYL)ISOFLAVONE; 5,7,4' TRIHYDROXY 8 (1,1 DIMETHYLPROP 2 ENYL)ISOFLAVONE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CINNAMALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENISTEIN; GENISTEIN 7 O ALPHA DEXTRO GLUCOSIDE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLEMINGIA PANICULATA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

FABACEAE; FLEMINGIA PANICULATA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 42149159458     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200801888003     Document Type: Article

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