In Vitro Activities of Enantiopure and Racemic 1'-Acetoxychavicol Acetate against Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• Main Authors: Saradee Warit (Author), Kamolchanok Rukseree (Author), Therdsak Prammananan (Author), Poonpilas Hongmanee (Author), Pamaree Billamas (Author), Sarinya Jaitrong (Author), Angkana Chaiprasert (Author), Birgit U. Jaki (Author), Guido F. Pauli (Author), Scott G. Franzblau (Author), Prasit Palittapongarnpim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In the process of evaluating the effect of several plant extracts against Mycobacterium tuberculosis using the Microplate Alamar Blue Assay (MABA), an extract of Thai herb Alpinia galanga rhizome and its major component, 1'-acetoxychavicol acetate (ACA), exhibited marked anti-tuberculosis activ...