ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS FROM KIGELIA-PINNATA

Authors
BINUTU OA ADESOGAN KE OKOGUN JI
Citation
Oa. Binutu et al., ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS FROM KIGELIA-PINNATA, Planta medica, 62(4), 1996, pp. 352-353
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy","Plant Sciences
Journal title
Planta medica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00320943
Volume
62
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
352 - 353
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0943(1996)62:4<352:AAACFK>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A biologically monitored fractionation of the methanolic extracts of t he root and fruits of Kigelia pinnata D. C. led to the isolation of th e naphthoquinones kigelinone (1), isopinnatal (2), dehydro-alpha-lapac hone (3), and lapachol (4) and the phenylpropanoids p-coumaric acid (5 ) and ferulic acid (6) as the compounds responsible for the observed a ntibacterial and antifungal activity of the root and kigelinone (1) an d caffeic acid (7) from the fruits of this plant.