ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTI-BIOFILM ACTIVITY OF FLAVONOIDS AND TRITERPENES ISOLATED FROM THE EXTRACTS OF FICUS SANSIBARICA WARB. SUBSP. SANSIBARICA (MORACEAE) EXTRACTS

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 124-131

  Awolola, Gbonjubola V ^a   Koorbanally, Neil A ^a   Chenia, Hafizah ^a   Shode, Francis O ^b   Baijnath, Himansu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

anti adhesion properties; antimicrobial; Ficus sansibarica; flavonoids; Moraceae; triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; TRITERPENE;

BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FICUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FICUS; FLAVONOIDS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84964313828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25050044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v11i3.19     Document Type: Article

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