Antibacterial activity of crinane alkaloids from Boophone disticha (Amaryllidaceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 405-408

  Cheesman, Lee ^a   Nair, Jerald J ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amaryllidaceae; Antibacterial; Boophone disticha; Buphanidrine; Distichamine

Indexed keywords

AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BOOPHONE DISTICHA EXTRACT; BUPHANIDRINE; DISTICHAMINE; NEOMYCIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; AMARYLLIDACEAE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BROTH DILUTION; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELTING POINT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANT BULB; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; KLEBSIELLA; LILIACEAE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOOPHANE DISTICHA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84858006432     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.037     Document Type: Article

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