Antimicrobial activity in vitro of plumbagin isolated from Plumbago species
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Antimicrobial activity in vitro of plumbagin isolated from Plumbago species.
Plumbagin is a naturally occurring naphthoquinone isolated from roots of Plumbago scandens. The plant was collected at the Campus of Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. P. scandens is used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of several diseases. The antimicrobial activity of plumbagin was evaluated using the macrodilution method. The compound exhibited relatively specific act...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762003000700017