Anti-fungal and anti-bacterial activities of ethanol extracts of selected traditional Chinese medicinal herbs

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 673-681

  Zhang, Lin ^a   Ravipati, Anjaneya S ^a   Koyyalamudi, Sundar R ^a   Jeong, Sang Chul ^a   Reddy, Narsimha ^a   Bartlett, John ^a   Smith, Paul T ^a   de la Cruz, Mercedes ^b   Monteiro, Maria Cândida ^b   Melguizo, Ángeles ^b   Jiménez, Ester ^b   Vicente, Francisca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Fundación MEDINA Centro de Excelencia en Investigaciovn de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial activity; Anti fungal activity; Chinese medicinal herb; Ethanol extract

Indexed keywords

AKEBIA QUINATA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; ALPINAE OFFICINARUM EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS EXTRACT; ASTER TATARICUS EXTRACT; ATRACTYLODES MACROCEPHALA EXTRACT; CODONOPSIS PILOSULA EXTRACT; CYNANCHUM PANICULATUM EXTRACT; EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES EXTRACT; HEDYOTIS DIFFUSA EXTRACT; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM EXTRACT; LOBELIA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; MAHONIA FORTUNEI EXTRACT; PAEOUIS SUFFUTICOSA EXTRACT; PARIS POLYPHYLLA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLEIONE BULBOCADIOIDES EXTRACT; PLOYGALA TENUIFOLIA EXTRACT; POLYGONUM AVICULARE EXTRACT; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM EXTRACT; PORIA COCOS EXTRACT; PSEUDOSTELLARIA HETEROPHYLLA EXTRACT; SAPOSHNIKOVIA DIVARICATA EXTRACT; SARCANDRA GLABRA EXTRACT; SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; SCUTELLARIA BARBATA EXTRACT; SOLANUM NIGRUM EXTRACT; TUSSILAGO FARFARA EXTRACT; UNCARIA RHYNCOPHYLLA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ALPINAE OFFICINARUM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTER TATARICUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM; LOBELIA CHINENSIS; MAHONIA FORTUNEI; NONHUMAN; PAEOUIS SUFFUTICOSA; PLEIONE BULBOCADIOIDES; PLOYGALA TENUIFOLIA; POLYGONUM AVICULARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOSTELLARIA HETEROPHYLLA; SAPOSHNIKOVIA DIVARICATA; SARCANDRA GLABRA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TUSSILAGO FARFARA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; CHINESE MEDICINAL HERB; ETHANOL EXTRACT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84879848452     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(13)60117-0     Document Type: Article

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