Antimicrobial activities of indole alkaloids from Tabernaemontana catharinensis

Autor: Luiz Afonso de Melo Prado, Sérgio Souza Figueiredo, Ana Lúcia Fachin, Nilce Maria Martinez-Rossi, Juliana da Silva Coppede, V.C. Fernandes, Maria Rita Furquini Medeiros, Rene Oliveira Beleboni, Giovana Maria Lanchoti Fiori, Juliana Simões Martins, Silvia Helena Taleb Contini, Paulo Pereira
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Natural product communications. 6(2)
ISSN: 1934-578X
Popis: Tabernaemontana catharinensis root bark ethanol extract, EB2 fraction and the MMV alkaloid (12-methoxy-4-methylvoachalotine) were evaluated for their antimicrobial activities. T. catharinensis ethanol extract was effective against both strains of the dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum at concentrations of 2.5 mg/mL (wild strain) and 1.25 mg/mL (mutant strain), while the EB2 fraction and MMV alkaloid showed a strong antifungal activity against wild and mutant strains with MIC values of
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