Antimicrobial activity of willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium L.) leaves and flowers

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 986-991

  Kosalec, Ivan ^a   Kopjar, Nevenka ^b   Kremer, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Apoptosis; BHP; Candida albicans; Epilobium angustifolium; Viability

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPILOBIUM; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; FLOWER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EPILOBIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROTEUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YEASTS;

EID: 84881346234     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: 18735592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13894501113149990177     Document Type: Article

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