The antibacterial principle of Caesalpina sappan

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 647-651

  Xu, Hong Xi ^a,c   Lee, Song F ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Brasilin; Caesalpinia sappan; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BRASILIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SERINE; THYMIDINE; TRYPAN BLUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CAESALPINA SAPPAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; VERO CELL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZOPYRANS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; FABACEAE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; WOOD;

BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA SAPPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 4944225004     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1524     Document Type: Article

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