Chemical constituents and antibacterial activity of Melastoma malabathricum L.

Natural Product Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 609-618

  Wong, Keng Chong ^a   Hag Ali, Dafaalla Mohamed ^a,b   Boey, Peng Lim ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

acylated kaempferol glycosides; antibacterial activity; Melastoma malabathricum; pentacyclic triterpenoids; Sendudok

Indexed keywords

2ALPHA HYDROXYURSOLIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASIATIC ACID; ASTRAGALIN; ELLAGIC ACID; GLYCOLIPID GLYCEROL 1,2 DILINOLENYL 3 O BETA DEXTRO GALACTOPYANOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL 3 O (2'',6'' DI O P COUMARYL)BETA DEXTROGALACTOPYRANOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL 3 O ALPHA LEVO RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL 3 O BETA DEXTRO GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE; MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; SITOGLUSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM; MELASTOMATACEAE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACETATES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CHLOROFORM; FLOWERS; MELASTOMATACEAE; PLANT LEAVES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84858962475     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.538395     Document Type: Article

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