In vitro antifungal activity of indirubin isolated from a South Indian ethnomedicinal plant Wrightia tinctoria R. Br.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 349-354

  Ponnusamy, Kannan ^a,b   Petchiammal, Chelladurai ^c   Mohankumar, Ramasamy ^d   Hopper, Waheeta ^c  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d Asthagiri Herbal Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal susceptibility; Dermatophytes; Indirubin; Wrightia tinctoria

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA INDICA EXTRACT; CASSIA ALATA EXTRACT; FLUCONAZOLE; INDIRUBIN; KETOCONAZOLE; LAWSONIA INERMIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; THESPESIA POPULNEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA EXTRACT;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASSIA ALATA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DERMATOPHYTE; DRUG ISOLATION; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LAWSONIA INERMIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; THESPESIA POPULNEA; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON SIMII; WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; APOCYNACEAE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; INDIA; INDOLES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA SIMII; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS SP.; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGI; LAWSONIA INERMIS; PUNICA GRANATUM; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; SENNA ALATA; THESPESIA POPULNEA; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA;

EID: 77957789242     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.07.050     Document Type: Article

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