Antibacterial activity of Barringtonia racemosa

S Khan; A Jabbar; C M Hasan; M A Rashid

doi:10.1016/s0367-326x(00)00264-1

Antibacterial activity of Barringtonia racemosa

Fitoterapia. 2001 Feb;72(2):162-4. doi: 10.1016/s0367-326x(00)00264-1.

Authors

S Khan¹, A Jabbar, C M Hasan, M A Rashid

Affiliation

¹ Phytochemical Research Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, 1000, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

PMID: 11223225
DOI: 10.1016/s0367-326x(00)00264-1

Abstract

The antibacterial activity of the ethanol extract of Barringtonia racemosa roots, its chloroform soluble fraction and, a there from an isolated clerodane diterpenoid is reported.

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Diterpenes / pharmacology
Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects*
Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects*
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
Plant Roots
Plants, Medicinal*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Diterpenes
Plant Extracts