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Planta Med
; 76(2): 146-51, 2010 Feb.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19670157
RESUMO
The dichloromethane extract of the air-dried leaves of Sphaeranthus africanus afforded four new carvotanacetone derivatives (1, 2, 3A, and 3B). Their structures were elucidated by extensive 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. Compounds 1- 3 exhibited antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and antifungal activity against Candida albicans, Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Aspergillus niger.