Phytochemical and antimicrobial characterization of Macleaya cordata herb
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Fitoterapia |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Analytic chemistry |
| Keywords | Macleaya cordata; isoquinoline alkaloids; antimicrobial activity |
| Description | Alkaloids sanguinarine, chelerythrine, their dihydro derivatives, protopine and allocryptopine and phenolics, gallic, p-hydroxybenzoic, m-hydroxybenzoic, gentisic, p-coumaric, caffeic, ferulic and sinapic acids were determined in extracts prepared from M. cordata aerial part, seeds, and seed capsules. Extracts were tested for antimicrobial activity using the microdilution method on standard reference bacterial strains. |
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