Therapeutic potential of plants as anti-microbials for drug discovery

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-294

  Perumal Samy, Ramar ^a   Gopalakrishnakone, Ponnampalam ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

ethnopharmacology; human clinical trails; phytochemicals; secondary metabolites; traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACCHARIS GRISEBACHII EXTRACT; BOSWELLIA SERRATA EXTRACT; BOUGAINVILLEA XBUTTIANA EXTRACT; CASSIA PODOCARPA EXTRACT; CHRYSANTHEMUM EXTRACT; CHRYSANTHEMUM MORIFOLIUM EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; GINGER EXTRACT; HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS EXTRACT; LECTIN; ORIGANUM VIRENS EXTRACT; OSMITOPSIS ASTERISCOIDES EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPEPTIDE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SANTIRIA TRIMERA EXTRACT; SENNA EXTRACT; STEPHANIA DINKLAGEI EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARBURGIA UGANDENSIS EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALYBEUM EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ASTERACEAE; BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS GRISEBACHII; BOSWELLIA SERRATA; BOUGAINVILLEA XBUTTIANA; BURSERACEAE; CASSIA PODOCARPA; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CHRYSANTHEMUM MORIFOLIUM; CURCUMA LONGA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GINGER; HIGHER PLANT; HUMAN; HYDRASTIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NYCTAGINACEAE; OREGANO; ORIGANUM VIRENS; OSMITOPSIS ASTERISCOIDES; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SANTIRIA TRIMERA; SENNA; STEPHANIA; STEPHANIA DINKLAGEI; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WARBURGIA UGANDENSIS; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALYBEUM;

EID: 77953827383     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nen036     Document Type: Review

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