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Antimicrobial Activity of Leaf Extracts of Polyalthia longifolia
Author(s) -
Annapurna Y.,
Mitra Sakti,
Iyengar D. S.,
Rao S. Nagabushan,
Bhalerao U. T.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1983.tb00041.x
Subject(s) - biology , antimicrobial , methanol , traditional medicine , botany , bacteria , pathogenic bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , organic chemistry , chemistry , genetics , medicine
Leaf extracts of P. longifolia with different solvents of increasing polarity were tested against some pathogenic fungi and bacteria. The nature of the active compound is briefly discussed in view of the observed activity in methanol extracts.