Tuberculosis and nature's pharmacy of putative anti-tuberculosis agents

Acta Tropica

Volumn 153, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-56

  Chinsembu, Kazhila C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Active compounds; Antimycobacterial activity; Humans; Natural products; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

1 EPICATECHOL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALLICIN; ANTHOCYANIDIN; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ARJUNIC ACID; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CRININE; DECARINE; ELLAGIC ACID; ELLAGITANNIN; FLAVONOID; FRIEDELIN; GALANTHIMINE; GALLIC ACID; GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; IRIDOID; LEUCOPELARGONIDOL; NEOLIGNAN; PHENYLPROPANOID DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TARAXEROL; TERMILIGNAN B; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDOPHYTE; IMMUNOASSAY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACACIA HOCKII; ACACIA NILOTICA; ACACIA SIEBERIANA; ACANTHOSPERMUM GLABRATUM; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; AFRICA; AGAVE AMERICANA; AILANTHUS EXCELSA; ALBIZIA CORIARIA; ALBIZIA FERRUGINEA; ALBIZIA LEBBECK; ALOE VERA; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANGIOPTERIS EVECTA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARALIA NUDICAULIS; ARCTIUM LAPPA; ARCTOTIS AURICULATA; ARISTOLOCHIA TALISCANA; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTEMISIA AFRA; ASIA; AVOCADO; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BARK; BASIL; BERCHEMIA DISCOLOR; BIDENS PILOSA; BLIGHIA UNIJUGATA; BOOPHONE DISTICHA; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA; BRUCEA JAVANICA; BULBINE ASPHODELOIDES; CAESALPINIA SAPPAN; CALLISTEMON CITRINUS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CANADA; CANARIUM SCHWEINFURTHII; CARPOBROTUS EDULIS; CASCABELA THEVETIA; CASSIA SIEBERIANA; CELASTRUS VULCANICOLA; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CHEILOCOSTUS SPECIOSUS; CLEMATIS BRACHIATA; COLEONEMA ALBUM; COLOCYNTH; COMBRETUM IMBERBE; COMBRETUM MOLLE; COMFREY; CRINUM MACOWANII; CRINUM PURPURASCENS; CURCUMA LONGA; CYATHULA PROSTRATA; CYPERUS ARTICULATES; DESMODIUM SALICIFOLIUM; DESMODIUM VELUTINUM; DIOSPYROS ANISANDRA; DODONAEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; DRACAENA STEUDNERI; ECHINOPS GIGANTEUS; EKEBERGIA CAPENSIS; ENDOPHYTE; EPHEDRA GERARDIANA; EPHEDRA INTERMEDIA; ERYTHRINA ABYSSINICA; ERYTHRINA SENEGALENSIS; EUCALYPTUS; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; EUROPE; FAIDHERBIA ALBIDA; FLOWER; FLUEGGEA VIROSA; FRAGARIA INDICA; FRUIT; FRUIT HUSK; GARCINIA BUCHANANII; GARCINIA LIVINGSTONEI; GARLIC; GINGER; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; GNIDIA KRAUSSIANA; GUAVA; GYMNANTHEMUM AMYGDALINUM; HELICHRYSUM KRAUSSII; HELICHRYSUM ODORATISSIMUM; HELICHRYSUM PEDUNCULATUM; HERACLEUM MAXIMUM; HIBISCUS FUSCUS; HIBISCUS TILIACEUS; HUMAN; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPOXIS HEMEROCALLIDEA; INULA OBTUSIFOLIA; JUNIPERUS; KAEMPFERIA GALANGA; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; KIGELIA AFRICANA; LANTANA CAMARA; LIPPIA JAVANICA; MAERUA EDULIS; MANGO; MAYTENUS SENEGALENSIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIANTHUS COMOSUS; MOMORDICA FOETIDA; MORELLA SALICIFOLIA; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MUSANGA CECROPIOIDES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NASTURTIUM INDICUM; NONHUMAN; NYLANDTIA SPINOSA; OCIMUM SUAVE; ORTHOSIPHON LABIATUS; PAEPALANTHUS BROMELIOIDES; PAEPALANTHUS LATIPES; PAPAYA; PARINARI CAPENSIS; PELARGONIUM RAMOSISSIMUM; PELARGONIUM RENIFORME; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES; PELTOPHORUM AFRICANUM; PENTANISIA PRUNELLOIDES; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PIPER DIOSPYRIFOLIUM; PIPER LONGUM; PIPER REGNELLII; PIPER SARMENTOSUM; PIPTADENIASTRUM AFRICANUM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS; PLECTRANTHUS NEOCHILUS; PLUCHEA INDICA; PLUMERIA BICOLOR; POLYSIPHONIA VIRGATA; POMEGRANATE; PREMNA ODORATA; PYGEUM; REVIEW; RHOEO SPATHACEA; ROSEMARY; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA; SALIX MUCRONATA; SALVADORA PERSICA; SALVIA DOLOMITICA; SALVIA RADULA; SALVIA VERBENACA; SCADOXUS PUNICEUS; SCYPHOCEPHALIUM OCHOCOA; SECURIDACA LONGIPEDUNCULATA; SENECIO DELTOIDEUS; SENECIO SERRATULOIDES; SOUTH AMERICA; STRUTHANTHUS CONCINNUS; STRUTHANTHUS MARGINATUS; SUTHERLANDIA MICROPHYLLA; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM; SYZYGIUM GERRARDII; TABERNAEMONTANA CATHARINENSIS; TABERNAEMONTANA CORONARIA; TABERNAEMONTANA ELEGANS; TERMINALIA PHANEROPHLEBIA; TERMINALIA SERICEA; TETRADENIA RIPARIA; THESIUM HYSTRIX; THYMBRA SPICATA; TILIACORA TRIANDRA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; TUBERCULOSIS; TULBAGHIA VIOLACEA; TUSSILAGO FARFARA; VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES; VITEX TRIFOLIA; VOACANGA GLOBOSA; WARBURGIA SALUTARIS; WARBURGIA UGANDENSIS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA; ZANTHOXYLUM CAPENSE; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALYBEUM; ZANTHOXYLUM LEPRIEURII; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

AFRICA; ASIA; CANADA; EUROPE; SOUTH AMERICA;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ASIA; CANADA; EUROPE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOUTH AMERICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84944809779     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.10.004     Document Type: Review

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