Antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties of Funtumia elastica

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 418-425

  Agyare, Christian ^a   Koffuor, George Asumeng ^a   Boakye, Yaw Duah ^a   Mensah, Kwesi Boadu ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Apocynaceae; Bacteria; Fungi; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARRAGEENAN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; FLAVONOID; FUNTUMIA ELASTICA EXTRACT; GLYCOSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; STARCH; STEROID; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BARK; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FOOT EDEMA; FUNTUMIA ELASTICA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APOCYNACEAE; CARRAGEENAN; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; ETHANOL; INFLAMMATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875171043     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2012.738330     Document Type: Article

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