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Antimicrobial activity of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids from Annona salzmanii D.C
M de Q Paulo1, J M Barbosa-Filho, E O Lima
1Laboratório de Tecnologia Farmacêutica, CCS, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
|February 1, 1992
Abstract:
Bark of Annona salzmanii D.C. (Annonaceae), used in Brazilian folk medicine, was found to contain four benzylisoquinoline alkaloids, namely reticuline, anonaine, laurelliptine and isoboldine. Only anonaine possesses some antibacterial property while all four alkaloids show some antifungal activity.