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Med J Islamic World Acad Sci. 1988; 1(1): 72-73
Antimicrobial Study of Tephosia Nubica Flavones Nagwa M. Ammar, Ahmed I. El-Diwany From Pharamaceutical Sciences Dept. and Natural Product Dept. National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Tephrosia press. species (Leguminosae) used medicinally and as fish poison, are known to be a source of flavonoids. The antimicrobial activity of the prenylated flavones, semiglabrin, pseudosemiglabrin, appollinine and lanceolatin A, which we have isolated from Tephrosia nubica herb, widly grown in Egypt, was studied. The results revealed that the four flavanoids exhibit an antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger, Penicillium funiculosum, Fusarium moniliforum and Phoma spp. Keywords: Tephrosia nubica, prenylated flavones, antifungal activity Nagwa M. Ammar, Ahmed I. El-Diwany. Antimicrobial Study of Tephosia Nubica Flavones. Med J Islamic World Acad Sci. 1988; 1(1): 72-73 Corresponding Author: Nagwa M. Ammar, Egypt	TOOLS Full Text PDF Print Download citation RIS EndNote BibTex Medlars Procite Reference Manager Share with email Share Send email to author Similar articles PubMed Google Scholar