Antimicrobial activity of bergenin from Endopleura uchi (Huber) Cuatrec;Atividade antimicrobiana de bergenina isolada de Endopleura uchi (Huber) Cuatrec

Acta Amazonica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 187-192

  da Silva, Saulo L ^a   de Oliveira, Viviane Guedes ^b   Yano, Tomomasa ^c   Nunomura, Rita de Cássia Saraiva ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Candida; Humiriaceae; Uxi amarelo

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HUMIRIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SERRATIA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67949093021     PISSN: 00445967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0044-59672009000100019     Document Type: Article

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