Antibacterial activity of South African medicinal plants against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-71

  Heyman, H M ^a   Hussein, A A ^a,b   Meyer, J J M ^a   Lall, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Flavonoid; Melianthus major; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAEMPFEROL 3 O ALPHA ARABINOPYRANOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN 3 O BETA GALACTOSIDE 6 GALLATE; QUERCETIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; DODONAEA VISCOSA; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; IC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIANTHUS COMOSUS; MELIANTHUS MAJOR; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SOUTH AFRICA; VERO CELL; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DODONAEA; DODONAEA VISCOSA; MELIANTHACEAE; MELIANTHUS COMOSUS; MELIANTHUS MAJOR; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SAPINDACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 77149174193     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200802434096     Document Type: Article

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