Crude extracts of, and purified compounds from, Pterocarpus angolensis, and the essential oil of Lippia javanica: Their in-vitro cytotoxicities and activities against selected bacteria and Entamoeba histolytica

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 427-439

  Samie, A ^a   Housein, A ^b   Lall, N ^c   Meyer, J J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN 3 O GALATE; EPICATECHIN HEXAMER; EPICATECHIN(4BETA 8)EPICATECHIN(B2); PHTHALIC ACID; PIPERITENONE; PLANT EXTRACT; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPPIA; LIPPIA JAVANICA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CATECHIN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIPPIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PTEROCARPUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; LIPPIA JAVANICA; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67650470187     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485909X435111     Document Type: Article

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