Studies on the antimicrobial activity and brine shrimp toxicity of Zeyheria tuberculosa (Vell.) Bur. (Bignoniaceae) extracts and their main constituents

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bastos, Maria ^a   Lima, Maria Rquel F ^a   Conserva, Lucia M ^a   Andrade, Vânia S ^a   Rocha, Eliana M M ^a   Lemos, Rosangela P L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b Instituto do Meio Ambiente do Estado de Alagoas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4' HYDROXY 5,6,7 TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE; 4' HYDROXY 5,6,7,8 TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE; 5,6,7 TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE; 5,6,7,8 TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLOROFORM; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; HEXANE; MICONAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ZEYHERIA TUBERCULOSA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIGNONIACEAE; BIOASSAY; BRAZIL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FRACTIONATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LD 50; LETHALITY; NAUPLIUS (LARVA); NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING; ZEYHERIA TUBERCULOSA;

EID: 67449112898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-8-16     Document Type: Article

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