Anti-Staphylococcus aureus action of three Caatinga fruits evaluated by electron microscopy

Natural Product Research

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1492-1496

  Nascimento Da Silva, Lús Cláudio ^a   Messias Sandes, Jana ^b   De Paiva, Mauŕcio Magalhães ^c   De Araú Jo, Janete Magali ^a   De Figueiredo, Regina Célia Bressan Queiroz ^b   Da Silva, Márcia Vanusa ^a   Correia, Maria Tereza Dos Santos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Tecnologias Estratégicas do Nordeste   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anadenanthera colubrine; Bactericidal action mechanism; Caatinga biome; Libidibia ferrea; Pityrocarpa moniliformis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ELLAGIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE;

ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRUIT; LIBIDIBIA FERREA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PITYROCARPA MONILIFORMIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FRUIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLANT EXTRACTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84884256922     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2012.722090     Document Type: Article

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