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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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Selma Ribeiro de Paiva, Maria Raquel Figueiredo, Tânia Verônica Aragão, Maria Auxiliadora Coelho Kaplan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-10-01
Subjects:	Plumbago scandens plumbagin antimicrobial activity
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000700017

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