Antimicrobial activity of Drosophyllum lusitanicum, an endemic Mediterranean insectivorous plant

Natural Product Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-229

  Gonçalves, Sandra ^a   Quintas, Célia ^a   Gaspar, Maria N ^a   Nogueira, José M F ^b   Romano, Anabela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bacteria; Human; Pathogens; Plant extract; Plumbagin; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DROSOPHYLLUM LUSITANICUM EXTRACT; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NYSTATIN; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSERACEAE; DROSOPHYLLUM LUSITANICUM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; YEAST;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; YEASTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHYLLUM LUSITANICUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS ATCC 12228;

EID: 62249146179     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410801972870     Document Type: Article

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