Bioactivities of Plectranthus ecklonii constituents

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1177-1180

  Nyila, Monde A ^a,c   Leonard, Carmen M ^b   Hussein, Ahmed A ^a,d   Lall, Namrita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antilisterial; Antitubercular; Parvifloron D; Parvifloron F; Plectranthus eckonii; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PARVIFLORON D; PARVIFLORON F; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE; TERPENE; TYROSINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS ECKLONII; VERO CELL; ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IC 50; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLANT LEAF;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLECTRANTHUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLECTRANTHUS; TERPENES; VERO CELLS;

EID: 73349093436     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900400903     Document Type: Article

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