Antibacterial activity of two biflavonoids from Garcinia livingstonei leaves against Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 253-255

  Kaikabo, A A ^a,b   Eloff, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

4 monomethoxy amentoflavone; Amentoflavone; Antimycobacterial activity; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

4' MONOMETHOXY AMENTOFLAVONE; AMENTOFLAVONE; BIFLAVONOID; ISONIAZID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GARCINIA LIVINGSTONEI; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIFLAVONOIDS; GARCINIA; ISONIAZID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

GARCINIA LIVINGSTONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 80255123793     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.08.023     Document Type: Article

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