In vitro antimicrobial activity of crude extracts and isolated constituents of Alternanthera maritima

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 138-148

  Salvador, Marcos Jośe ^a   Zucchi, O L A D ^a   Candido, R C ^a   Ito, I Y ^a   Dias, Diones Aparecida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alternanthera maritima; Amaranthaceae; Antimicrobial activity; Flavonoids; Saponins; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SPINASTEROL; ALTERNANTHERA MARITIMA EXTRACT; CAMPESTEROL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DELTA7 STIGMASTENOL; DELTA7 STIGMASTENOL 3 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; FLAVONOID AGLYCONE; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; ISORHAMNETIN 3 ROBINOBIOSIDE; ISOVITEXIN; KAEMPFEROL; PALMITIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN 3 METHYL ETHER; QUERCETIN 3 O RUTINOSIDE; SAPONIN; SITOSTEROL; STEROID; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLIC ACID; VITEXIN;

ALTERNANTHERA MARITIMA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; YEAST;

ALTERNANTHERA; ALTERNANTHERA MARITIMA; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 9744242034     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200490511954     Document Type: Article

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