Validation of the ethnopharmacological use of Polygonum persicaria for its antifungal properties

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 931-933

  Derita, Marcos ^a   Zacchino, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Ethnopharmacological use; Polygonum; Validation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARDAMONIN; FLAVOKAWIN; FLAVONOID; ISOPOLYGODIAL; KETOCONAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYGONUM PERSICARIA EXTRACT; SESQUITERPENE; TERBINAFINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG USE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM PERSICARIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FLAVONOIDS; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYGONUM; SESQUITERPENES;

POLYGONACEAE; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM PERSICARIA;

EID: 80052890733     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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