Antibacterial and antifungal efficacy of fatty acid methyl esters from the leaves of Sesuvium portulacastrum L.

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 775-780

  Chandrasekaran, M ^a   Senthilkumar, A ^a   Venkatesalu, Venugopalan ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Fatty acid methyl esters; Halophyte; Sesuvium portulacastrum

Indexed keywords

BEHENIC ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; HEPTADECANOIC ACID; LAURIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SESUVIUM PORTULACASTRUM EXTRACT; STEARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESTER; FATTY ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROORGANISM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SESUVIUM PORTULACASTRUM; AIZOACEAE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DEUTEROMYCETES; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

AIZOACEAE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 79961175290     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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