Antimicrobial Action Mechanism of Flavonoids from Dorstenia Species

drug discoveries & therapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 66-72

  Dzoyem, Jean Paul ^a,b   Hamamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Ngameni, Barthelemy ^c   Ngadjui, Bonaventure Tchaleu ^c   Sekimizu, Kazuhisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; bactericidal bacteriolysis; flavonoids; macromolecules synthesis; membrane potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994434382     PISSN: 18817831     EISSN: 1881784x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5582/ddt.2013.v7.2.66     Document Type: Article

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