Antibacterial and antifungal activity of Indonesian ethnomedical plants

    Authors

    E. Goun; G. Cunningham; D. Chu; C. Nguyen;D. Miles

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Fitoterapia

    Keywords

    Indonesian plants; antibacterial; antifungal activity; TERMINALIA-CATAPPA; ANTIOXIDANT; PUNICALAGIN; INHIBITION; ALKALOIDS; MEDICINE; CANCER; RATS; Chemistry, Medicinal; Pharmacology & Pharmacy

    Abstract

    Methylene chloride and methanol extracts of 20 Indonesian plants with ethnomedical uses have been assessed for in vitro antibacterial and antifungal properties by disk diffusion method. Extracts of the six plants: Terminalia catappa, Swietenia mahagoni Jacq., Phyllanthus acuminatus, Ipomoea spp., Tylophora asthmatica and Hyptis brevipes demonstrated high activity in this bioassay system. These findings should stimulate the search for novel, natural product such as new antibacterial and antifungal. agents. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Fitoterapia

    Volume

    74

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2003

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    592

    Last Page

    596

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000185164700009

    ISSN

    0367-326X

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