Antifungal activity of Rubia tinctorum, Rhamnus frangula and Caloplaca cerina

N T Manojlovic; S Solujic; S Sukdolak; M Milosev

doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2004.12.002

Antifungal activity of Rubia tinctorum, Rhamnus frangula and Caloplaca cerina

Fitoterapia. 2005 Mar;76(2):244-6. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2004.12.002.

Authors

N T Manojlovic¹, S Solujic, S Sukdolak, M Milosev

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, P.O.Box 60, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia and Montenegro. ntm@knez.uis.kg.ac.yu

PMID: 15752641
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2004.12.002

Abstract

The results of a preliminary antifungal screening of the methanol extracts and the major anthraquinone aglycones, alizarin and emodin, of Rubia tinctorum and Rhamnus frangula in comparison with the antifungal activity of the anthraquinone-containing lichen Caloplaca cerina and its main secondary metabolite parietin are reported.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Humans
Lichens
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mitosporic Fungi / drug effects*
Phytotherapy*
Plant Bark
Plant Extracts / administration & dosage
Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
Plant Extracts / therapeutic use
Plant Roots
Plants, Medicinal*
Rhamnus
Rubia

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Plant Extracts