Antimycobacterial activity of ellagitannin and ellagic acid derivate rich crude extracts and fractions of five selected species of Terminalia used for treatment of infectious diseases in African traditional medicine

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-16

  Fyhrquist, P ^a   Laakso, I ^a   Garcia Marco, S ^b   Julkunen Tiitto, R ^c   Hiltunen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; Antimycobacterial activity; Condensed tannins; Ellagic acid glycosides; Ellagitannins; Gallotannins; M. tuberculosis; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Tanzania; Terminalia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; FRACTIONATION; FRUIT; INHIBITION; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLUBILIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; TANNIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84887563829     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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