Antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity of triterpenes isolated from leaves of Maytenus undata (Celastraceae)

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mokoka, Tsholofelo Abednego ^a,b   McGaw, Lyndy Joy ^a   Mdee, Ladislaus Kakore ^a,c   Bagla, Victor Patrick ^a,c   Iwalewa, Ezekiel Olugbenga ^a,d   Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^d OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Celastraceae; Cytotoxicity; Haemagglutination assay; Maytenus undata

Indexed keywords

3 OXO 11 ALPHA METHOXYOLEAN 12 ENE 30 OIC ACID; 3 OXO 11ALPHA HYDROXYOLEAN 12 ENE 30 OIC ACID; 3,11 DIHYDROXYOLEAN 12 ENE 30 OIC ACID; ACETONE; AMPHOTERICIN B; DICHLOROMETHANE; EPIFRIEDELANOL; FRIEDELIN; GENTAMICIN; HEXANE; MAYTENUS UNDATA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TARAXEROL; TETRAZOLIUM; TRITERPENE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOASSAY; BROTH DILUTION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL ASSAY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FRACTIONATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LC 50; MAYTENUS; MAYTENUS UNDATA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PLANT LEAF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CELASTRACEAE; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOTOXINS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HORSES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRITERPENES; VERO CELLS;

EID: 84877856260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-111     Document Type: Article

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