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 plumb...

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Main Authors: Selma Ribeiro de Paiva, Maria Raquel Figueiredo, Tânia Verônica Aragão, Maria Auxiliadora Coelho Kaplan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2003-10-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000700017