Antibacterial and antioxidant constituents of Acalypha wilkesiana

Natural Product Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1180-1183

  Anokwuru, Chinedu P ^a,b   Sinisi, Annamaria ^c   Samie, Amidou ^b   Taglialatela Scafati, Orazio ^c  

^a BABCOCK UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acalypha wilkesiana; corilagin; geraniin; quadrangularic acid M; shikimic acid

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERICIDE; CORILAGIN; DRUG METABOLITE; GALLIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; GERANIIN; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; QUADRANGULARIC ACID M; SHIKIMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOSIDE; PHYTOSTEROL; SCAVENGER; TANNIN;

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ACALYPHA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

ACALYPHA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUCOSIDES; HYDROLYZABLE TANNINS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SHIKIMIC ACID;

EID: 84939417635     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2014.983105     Document Type: Article

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