Antimicrobial activities of hexane extract and decussatin from stembark extract of ficus congensis

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2750-2756

  Alaribe, Chinwendum Stephenie ^a   Shode, Francis ^b   Coker, Herbert A B ^a   Ayoola, Gloria ^a   Sunday, Adesegun ^a   Singh, Nisha ^b   Iwuanyanwu, Silva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; DAD; Decussatin; Ficus congensis; MHB; Moraceae

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DECUSSATIN; HEXANE; N-HEXANE; PLANT EXTRACT; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FICUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FICUS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEXANES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; XANTHONES;

EID: 84877268509     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12042750     Document Type: Article

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