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Cassine, an antimicrobial alkaloid from Senna racemosa
P Sansores-Peraza1, M Rosado-Vallado, W Brito-Loeza
1Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, 41 No. 421 Col. Industrial, 97150 Mérida Yucatán, Mexico.
Fitoterapia
|November 15, 2000
Abstract:
The leaves of Senna racemosa yielded the piperidine alkaloid cassine and an inositol methyl ether. Antimicrobial screening of the compounds revealed antibacterial activity of cassine with minimum inhibitory concentrations of 2.5 mg/ml for Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis and 5.0 mg/ml for Candida albicans.