Antimicrobial activity of confertifolin from Polygonum hydropiper

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-190

  Duraipandiyan, Veeramuthu ^a   Indwar, Francis ^a   Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu ^a  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Confertifolin; Essential oil; MIC; Polygonum hydropiper

Indexed keywords

CONFERTIFOLIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CURVULARIA LUNATA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM EXTRACT; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON SIMII;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DRUG DISCOVERY; FUNGI; FURANS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAVES; POLYGONUM; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA SIMII; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; COCHLIOBOLUS LUNATUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; PERSICARIA HYDROPIPER; POLYGONACEAE; SCOPULARIOPSIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 76149132674     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200902902471     Document Type: Article

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