What is it about?
A new lactone compound was isolated for the first time from the rhizome of C. cornifolia and its was found to have good antimicrobial activity against some microorganisms.
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Why is it important?
The compound has the potential of being developed into a new antimicrobial drugs which is very timely considering the increasing cases of microbial resistance.
Perspectives
The paper is concise and well articulated and the information contained i n it will be of great significance to the scientific community especially natural product researchers and medicinal chemsits
Mr Nasir Tajuddeen
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
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This page is a summary of: A New Antimicrobial Prenylated Benzo-lactone from the Rhizome of Cissus cornifolia, Pharmacognosy Research, January 2015, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.159572.
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