Antimicrobial and antimalarial properties of medicinal plants used by the indigenous tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 85-88

  Chander, M Punnam ^a   Pillai, C R ^a   Sunish, I P ^a   Vijayachari, P ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antimalarial; Antimicrobial; Endemic plants; Nicobarese; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALSTONIA MACROPHYLLA EXTRACT; BUTANOL; CHLOROQUINE; CHOLOROQUIONINE; CLAOXYLON INDICUM EXTRACT; DILLENIA ANDAMANICA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GENTAMICIN; JASMINUM SYRINGIFOLIUM EXTRACT; METHANOL; MILIUSIA ANDAMANICA EXTRACT; NYSTATIN; PEDILANTHUS TITHYMALOIDES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ALSTONIA MACROPHYLLA; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL INJURY; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CLAOXYLON INDICUM; COLD PERCOLATION METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILLENIA ANDAMANICA; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNOBOTANY; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; IC50; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; JASMINUM SYRINGIFOLIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MILIUSIA ANDAMANICA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNGUS; HEMOLYSIS; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POPULATION GROUP;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; BACTERIA; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FUNGI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INDIA; ISLANDS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 84968909148     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2016.04.017     Document Type: Article

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