Nitric oxide inhibitory and anti-Bacillus activity of phenolic compounds and plant extracts from Mesua species

• Main Authors: Karunakaran, Thiruventhan, Ismail, Intan Safinar, Cheng, Gwendoline Lian Ee, Mohd Nor, Siti Mariam, Palachandran, Kalaivani, Santhanam, Ramesh Kumar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75081/1/Nitric%20oxide.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75081/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0102695X17306671

Species from the genus Mesua, Calophyllaceae, are rich source for phenolic compounds such as coumarin xanthone, and benzophenone derivatives. An investigation on the potential biologically active phenolic compounds 1–5 and crude extracts from the stem bark of Mesua hexapetala (Hook. f.) P.S. Ashton...