Antimicrobial activity of the methanolic bark extract of Holarrhena pubescens (Buch. Ham), its fractions and the pure compound conessine

Natural Product Research

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 987-992

  Siddiqui, Bina S ^a   Ali, Syed Tahir ^a   Rizwani, Ghazala H ^a   Begum, Sabira ^a   Tauseef, Saima ^a   Ahmad, Aqeel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Apocynaceae; Conessine; Holarrhena pubescens

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CONESSINE; HOLARRHENA PUBESCENS EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOLARRHENA; HOLARRHENA PUBESCENS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ALKALOIDS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; FUNGI; HOLARRHENA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84862220313     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.537268     Document Type: Article

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