Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of Cordia verbenacea extracts obtained by different methods

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 6615-6623

  Michielin, Eliane M Z ^a   Salvador, Ana A ^a   Riehl, Carlos A S ^b   Smânia Jr , Artur ^a   Smânia, Elza F A ^a   Ferreira, Sandra R S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Chemical profile; Cordia verbenacea; Supercritical fluid extraction

Indexed keywords

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS MIXTURES; CARYOPHYLLENE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL PROFILE; CORDIA VERBENACEA; COSOLVENTS; ETHYL ACETATES; EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES; EXTRACTION YIELD; GC/MS ANALYSIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH-PRESSURE TECHNIQUE; INHIBITORY ACTIVITY; MEDICINAL PLANTS; N-HEXANE; SOXHLET EXTRACTION;

ACETONE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DICHLOROMETHANE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ESTERS; ETHANOL; HEXANE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

EXTRACTION;

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; AROMADENDRENE; ARTEMETIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; COPAENE; CORDIA VERBENACEA EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; EUGENOL; FLAVONOID; GERMACRENE D; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HEXANE; HUMULENE; LUPEOL; LUPEOL ACETATE; NEROLIDOL; PALMITIC ACID; PHYTOL; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SITOSTEROL; SPATHULENOL; SQUALENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINGIBERENE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ETHANOL; EXTRACTION; HIGH PRESSURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDIA; CORDIA VERBENACEA; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; CORDIA; DIFFUSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CORDIA VERBENACEA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 69049083275     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.07.061     Document Type: Article

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