Open AccessBiological activity and isolation of compounds from stem bark of Plumeria acutifolia
Author(s) -
Ghadah A Alhozaimy,
Ebtesam S. Al-Sheddi,
Talaat A. Ibrahim
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pharmacognosy magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4062
pISSN - 0973-1296
DOI - 10.4103/pm.pm_22_17
Subject(s) - pharmacognosy , traditional medicine , ethyl acetate , chemistry , bark (sound) , antimicrobial , apocynaceae , biological activity , chromatography , biology , organic chemistry , in vitro , medicine , biochemistry , ecology
Plumeria acutifolia ( Apocynaceae ) is an ornamental plant, used in the traditional medicine and known to have a variety of constituents as alkaloids, flavonoids, and iridoids. Extracts of this plant were proved to have antimicrobial and anticancer activities.