IN-VITRO ANTIBACTERIAL SCREENING OF CRYPTOLEPIS-SANGUINOLENTA ALKALOIDS

Authors
PAULO A DUARTE A GOMES ET
Citation
A. Paulo et al., IN-VITRO ANTIBACTERIAL SCREENING OF CRYPTOLEPIS-SANGUINOLENTA ALKALOIDS, Journal of ethnopharmacology, 44(2), 1994, pp. 127-130
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy","Plant Sciences
Journal title
Journal of ethnopharmacology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03788741
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
127 - 130
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-8741(1994)44:2<127:IASOCA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The ethanol and aqueous crude extracts and five alkaloids isolated fro m the roots of Crytolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlechter were scree ned for antibacterial activity against 7 reference strains by the twof old serial broth microdilution assay. The ethanol extract and the alka loids cryptolepine and cryptoheptine inhibited the growth of all strai ns tested except that of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.