Antimicrobial activity, toxicity and selectivity index of two biflavonoids and a flavone isolated from Podocarpus henkelii (Podocarpaceae) leaves

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bagla, Victor P ^a   McGaw, Lyndy J ^a   Elgorashi, Esam E ^a   Eloff, Jacobus N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Biflavonoids; Cytotoxicity; Mutagenicity; Selectivity index

Indexed keywords

7,4',7 '',4''' TETRAMETHOXY AMENTOFLAVONE; BIFLAVONOID; FLAVONE; FLAVONE A; ISOGINKGETIN; TETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT;

AMES TEST; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL TYPE; COLORIMETRY; CONIFER; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PODOCARPUS HENKELII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTAGEN TESTING; TOXICITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; FLAVONOIDS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; TRACHEOBIONTA;

EID: 84907947967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-383     Document Type: Article

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