Brine shrimp cytotoxicity of Caesalpinia pulcherrima aerial parts, antimicrobial activity and characterisation of isolated active fractions

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 1955-1964

  Chanda, Sumitra ^a   Baravalia, Yogesh ^a  

^a SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

antimicrobial activity; Caesalpinia pulcherrima Swartz; cytotoxicity; fractionation; GC MS; isolation

Indexed keywords

CAESALPINIA PULCHERRIMA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CAESALPINIA PULCHERRIMA; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SHRUB; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARTEMIA; CAESALPINIA; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LETHAL DOSE 50; METHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84857180166     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.530600     Document Type: Article

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