Antimicrobial activities of methanol extract and compounds from stem bark of Vismia rubescens

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 571-575

  Tamokou, Jean De Dieu ^a,b   Tala, Michel F ^a   Wabo, Hippolyte K ^a   Kuiate, Jules Roger ^a   Tane, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

1,4,8 Trihydroxyxanthone; 1,7 Dihydroxyxanthone; Antimicrobial; Vismia rubescens

Indexed keywords

1,4,8 TRIHYDROXYXANTHONE; 1,7 DIHYDROXYXANTHONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FRIEDELANOL; FRIEDELIN; METHANOL; PHYSCION; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISMIA RUBESCENS EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG STRUCTURE; GUTTIFERAE; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VISMIA RUBESCENS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CAMEROON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CLUSIACEAE; FUNGI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLUSIACEAE; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; VISMIA;

EID: 67650699205     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.04.062     Document Type: Article

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