Antimicrobial activity of xanthatin from Xanthium spinosum L

[EN] Dichloromethane extracts from Xanthium spinosum L. were fractionated and the fractions tested for their bactericidal and fungicidal activity. From the active fraction, a compound was isolated and identified as xanthatin (I). Xanthatin was active against Colletotrichum gloesporoides, Trichothecium roseum, Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus.Ginesta Peris, E.; García-Breijo, F.; Primo Yúfera, E. (1994). Antimicrobial activity of xanthatin from Xanthium spinosum L. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 18(4):206-208. doi:10.1111/j.1472-765X.1994.tb00848.xS20620818