Phenolic compounds in leaves of Alchornea triplinervia: Anatomical localization, mutagenicity, and antibacterial activity

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1225-1232

  Calvo, Tamara R ^a   Demarco, Diego ^b   Santos, Fabio V ^a   Moraes, Helen P ^a   Bauab, Taís M ^a   Varanda, Eliana A ^a   Cólus, Ilce M S ^c   Vilegas, Wagner ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FATEC Faculty of Technology of Capão Bonito   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alchornea triplinervia; Antibacterial activity; Flavonoids; Mutagenicity; Secretory structures

Indexed keywords

AMENTOFLAVONE; BREVIFOLIN CARBOXYLIC ACID; CAMPESTEROL; FRIEDELAN 3 OL; FRIEDELIN; GALLIC ACID; GALLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; LUPEOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; QUERCETIN 3 O ALPHA LEVO ARABINOPYRANOSIDE; QUERCETIN 3 O BETA DEXTRO GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; QUERCETIN 3 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; QUERCETIN 7 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ALCHORNEA TRIPLINERVIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EUPHORBIACEAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ALCHORNEA TRIPLINERVIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EUPHORBIACEAE; MUTAGENS; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956675873     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1000500816     Document Type: Article

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