Studies on the Iridoid Related Compounds. I. On the Antimicrobial Activity of Aucubigenin and Certain Iridoid Aglycones

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1 January 1982

journal article
research article
Published by Pharmaceutical Society of Japan in YAKUGAKU ZASSHI

Vol. 102 (8) , 755-759
https://doi.org/10.1248/yakushi1947.102.8_755

Abstract

Aucubigenin is an active substance for the antimicrobial activity of the enzyatic hydrolysis product of aucubin. Some other iridoid aglycones also showed similar antimicrobial activity [antifungal, antibacterial].