Characterization of n-Hexane sub-fraction of Bridelia micrantha (Berth) and its antimycobacterium activity

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Green, Ezekiel ^a,b   Obi, Lawrence C ^c   Samie, Amidou ^a   Bessong, Pascal O ^a   Ndip, Roland N ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^c WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PHENYL 2 TIPYL ACENAPHTHENONE; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA EXTRACT HEXANE SUBFRACTION; CAMPHOR; CARYOPHYLLENE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROFORM; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LINALOOL; METHANOL; NAPHTHALENE; PALMITIC ACID; PINENE; QUINOLINE; RESAZURIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBENONE; PLANT EXTRACT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARK; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; EUPHORBIA; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TUBERCULOSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EUPHORBIACEAE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 79953801439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-28     Document Type: Article

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