Antimicrobial activity of sphingolipids isolated from the stems of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Molecules

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 9288-9297

  Tang, Jing ^a,b   Meng, Xiangjie ^a   Liu, Hao ^a   Zhao, Jianglin ^a   Zhou, Ligang ^a   Qiu, Minghua ^b   Zhang, Xianming ^b   Yu, Zhu ^a   Yang, Fuyu ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.); Cucurbitaceae; Phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria; Sphingolipid

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SPHINGOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CUCUMBER; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLANT STEM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FUNGI; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

EID: 78650646059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules15129288     Document Type: Article

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