Title

Antibacterial and antifungal activity of Indonesian ethnomedical plants

Authors

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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