title: [Liposoluble constituents from the flowers of Calotropis gigantea and their antimicrobial activities].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the liposoluble constituents from the flowers of Calotropis gigantea and their antimicrobial activities.
  
  
  METHODS
  The liposoluble constituents from the flowers of Calotropis gigantea were analyzed by GC-MS and their relative contents were determined by area normalization. Their antimicrobial activities against 2 pathogens were tested by agar disc diffusion method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  31 compounds were separated and identified, amounting to 85.14% of the total constituents. The liposoluble constituents from the flowers of Calotropis gigantea exhibited weak antimicrobial activities against Staphylococcus aureus and Canidia albicans.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The research result provides scientific foundation for exploitation and utilization of Calotropis gigantea.
authors.affiliation: Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Danzhou 571737, China. wmy81@163.com
authors.forename: Mao-Yuan
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian-Rong
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xin-Rui
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao-Xia
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Zhu-Nian
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D031107:Calotropis / Q000737:chemistry*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000187:drug effects; D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts