Search for antibacterial agents from Malaysian rainforest and tropical plants

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1857-1864

  Othman, Mukhrizah ^a   Genapathy, Sivaneswary ^a   Liew, Pit Sze ^a   Chng, Qin Ting ^a   Loh, Hwei San ^a   Khoo, Teng Jin ^a   Wiart, Christophe ^a   Ting, Kang Nee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

antimicrobial; disc diffusion; phytochemical analysis; tropical

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA EXTRACT; ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS EXTRACT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; APAMA TRICORNUTUM EXTRACT; ARDISIA PUNCTATA EXTRACT; BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT; BORRERIA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA EXTRACT; CLERODENDRON NUTANS EXTRACT; CLERODENDRUM NUTANS EXTRACT; CLERODENDRUM PANICULATUM EXTRACT; CODIAEUM VARIEGATUM EXTRACT; DUABANGA GRANDIFLORA EXTRACT; DYSOXYLUM DUMOSUM EXTRACT; ECLIPTA ALBA EXTRACT; GNETUM GNEMON EXTRACT; IPOMOEA QUAMOCLIT EXTRACT; JUSTICIA BETONICA EXTRACT; MARSYPOPETALLUM PALLIDUM EXTRACT; OLDENLANDIA CORYMBOSA EXTRACT; PIPTURUS ARGENTEUS EXTRACT; PITHECELLOBIUM ELLIPTICUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PSEUDUVARIA MACROPHYLLA EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARK; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALAYSIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG DISCOVERY; MALAYSIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84857207949     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.537274     Document Type: Article

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