Anti-staphylococcal activity of C-methyl flavanones from propolis of Australian stingless bees (Tetragonula carbonaria) and fruit resins of Corymbia torelliana (Myrtaceae)

Fitoterapia

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 247-257

  Massaro, C F ^a   Katouli, M ^a   Grkovic, T ^b   Vu, H ^b   Quinn, R J ^b   Heard, T A ^c   Carvalho, C ^d   Manley Harris, M ^e   Wallace, H M ^a   Brooks, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Eucalyptus; Natural products; NMR spectroscopy; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C METHYL FLAVANONE; CARBON; CRYPTOSTROBIN; CRYPTOSTROBIN 7 METHYL ETHER; DEMETHOXYMATTEUCINOL; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; METHYL GROUP; PINOCEMBRINE; PINOSTROBIN; STROBOPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; FLAVONOID; PLANT RESIN; PROPOLIS;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYMBIA; CORYMBIA TORELLIANA; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOMER; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STINGLESS BEE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MYRTACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYRTACEAE; PROPOLIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESINS, PLANT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84899695563     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: 18736971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2014.03.024     Document Type: Article

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