Ecological patterns in the antifungal activity of root extracts from Rocky Mountain wetland plants

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 522-530

  Kuhajek, Jeanne M ^a,b   Clark, Alice M ^a   Slattery, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioprospecting; Chemical ecology; Collection strategy; Drug discovery; Natural products

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ACONTIUM COLUMBIANUM EXTRACT; ARNICA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; ARNICA MOLLIS EXTRACT; CARDAMINE CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; CASTILLEJA SULPHUREA EXTRACT; CHAMERION LATIFOLIUM EXTRACT; FRAGARIA VIRGINIANA EXTRACT; GENTIANOPSIS THERMALIS EXTRACT; GERANIUM RICHARDSONII EXTRACT; GEUM MACROPHYLLUM EXTRACT; HERACLEUM MAXIMUM EXTRACT; MERTENSIA CILIATA EXTRACT; MITELLA PENTANDRA EXTRACT; OXYPOLIS FENDLERI EXTRACT; PEDICULARIS GROENLANDICA EXTRACT; PEDICULARIS PARRYI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLEMONIUM PULCHERRIMUM EXTRACT; POTENTILLA DIVERSIFOLIA EXTRACT; RHODIOLA INTEGRIFOLIA EXTRACT; RHODIOLA RHODANTHA EXTRACT; RUMEX CRISPUS EXTRACT; SAXIFRAGA ODONTOLOMA EXTRACT; SENECIO TRIANGULARIS EXTRACT; STREPTOPUS AMPLEXIFOLIUS EXTRACT; SWERTIA PERENNIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERATRUM CALIFORNICUM EXTRACT; VERONICA NUTANS EXTRACT;

ACHILLEA; ACONTIUM COLUMBIANUM; ALTITUDE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARNICA CORDIFOLIA; ARNICA MOLLIS; ARTICLE; CARDAMINE CORDIFOLIA; CASTILLEJA SULPHUREA; CHAMERION LATIFOLIUM; FRAGARIA VIRGINIANA; GENTIANOPSIS THERMALIS; GERANIUM RICHARDSONII; GEUM MACROPHYLLUM; HERACLEUM MAXIMUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MERTENSIA CILIATA; MITELLA PENTANDRA; NONHUMAN; OXYPOLIS FENDLERI; PEDICULARIS GROENLANDICA; PEDICULARIS PARRYI; PLANT; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POLEMONIUM PULCHERRIMUM; POTENTILLA DIVERSIFOLIA; RHODIOLA RHODANTHA; RUMEX CRISPUS; SAXIFRAGA ODONTOLOMA; SEASON; SENECIO TRIANGULARIS; STREPTOPUS AMPLEXIFOLIUS; SWERTIA PERENNIS; VERATRUM CALIFORNICUM; VERONICA NUTANS; WETLAND; YARROWIA;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ARNICA; ARNICA CORDIFOLIA; ARNICA MOLLIS; CARDAMINE; CARDAMINE CORDIFOLIA; CASTILLEJA; CASTILLEJA SULPHUREA; CHAMERION LATIFOLIUM; FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA VIRGINIANA; GENTIANOPSIS; GENTIANOPSIS THERMALIS; GERANIUM RICHARDSONII; GEUM; GEUM MACROPHYLLUM; HERACLEUM; HERACLEUM MAXIMUM; MACROPHYLLUM; MERTENSIA CILIATA; MITELLA; MITELLA PENTANDRA; OXYPOLIS; OXYPOLIS FENDLERI; PEDICULARIS; PEDICULARIS GROENLANDICA; PEDICULARIS PARRYI; POLEMONIUM; POLEMONIUM PULCHERRIMUM; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA DIVERSIFOLIA; RHODIOLA; RHODIOLA INTEGRIFOLIA; RHODIOLA RHODANTHA; RUMEX; RUMEX CRISPUS; SAXIFRAGA; SAXIFRAGA ODONTOLOMA; SENECIO; SENECIO TRIANGULARIS; STREPTOPUS AMPLEXIFOLIUS; SWERTIA; SWERTIA PERENNIS; VERATRUM; VERATRUM CALIFORNICUM; VERONICA; VERONICA WORMSKJOLDII; YARROWIA;

EID: 4644230893     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200308951347     Document Type: Article

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