Evaluation of antibacterial activity, phenol and flavonoid contents of Thespesia populnea flower extracts

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 282-286

  Saravanakumar, A ^a   Venkateshwaran, K ^a   Vanitha, J ^b   Ganesh, M ^a   Vasudevan, M ^a   Sivakumar, T ^a  

^a NANDHA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b The Erode College of Pharmacy and Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Agar well diffusion; Antibacterial activity; Malvaceae; Methanol extract; Thespesia populnea

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTHROQUINONE GLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; GLYCOSIDE; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; THESPESIA POPULNEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BREVIBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM DEVORANS; FLOWER; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS TERRAE; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONEI; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ALKALOIDS; ANTHRAQUINONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAVONOIDS; FLOWERS; GLYCOSIDES; MALVACEAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TANNINS;

EID: 68549085425     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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