Antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity of selected Egyptian medicinal plants

Planta Medica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-199

  Kuete, Victor ^a,b   Wiench, Benjamin ^b   Hegazy, Mohamed Elamir F ^c   Mohamed, Tarik A ^c   Fankam, Aimé G ^a   Shahat, Abdelaaty A ^c   Efferth, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

antibacterial; Apiaceae; cytotoxicity; Egyptian medicinal plants; Ferula hermonis; jaeschkeanadiol p hydroxybenzoate

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARDUNCELLUS ERIOCEPHALUS EXTRACT; CARTHAMUS TENUIS EXTRACT; CRATEGUS SINAICA EXTRACT; DOXORUBICIN; FERULA HERMONIS EXTRACT; FH 25; JAESCHKEANADIOL P HYDROXYBENZOATE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBESINA ENCELIOIDES EXTRACT; VITIS VINIFERA EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARDUNCELLUS ERIOCEPHALUS; CARTHAMUS TENUIS; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; COMMIPHORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRATEGUS SINAICA; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EGYPT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERULA HERMONIS; GRAPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOME; VERBESINA ENCELIOIDES;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; EGYPT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FERULA; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; KLEBSIELLA; LEUKEMIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROVIDENCIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SESQUITERPENES; VITIS;

APIACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMMIPHORA HABESSINICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERULA HERMONIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 84856301332     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1280319     Document Type: Article

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