Isolation and biological activities of termilignan B and arjunic acid from Terminalia sericea roots

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-413

  Eldeen, Ibrahim M S ^a   Van Heerden, Fanie R ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antimicrobial; Arjunic acid; Combretaceae; Termilignan B; Terminalia sericea

Indexed keywords

ARJUNIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; TERMILIGNAN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMBRETACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IC 50; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM AURUM; PLANT ROOT; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERMINALIA SERICEA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT ROOTS; TERMINALIA; TRITERPENES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMBRETACEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AURUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; TERMINALIA SERICEA;

EID: 42549154645     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1034357     Document Type: Article

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