Antimicrobial activity of extracts of herbal plants used in the traditional medicine of Bahrain

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-253

  Mahasneh, Adel M ^a   Abbas, Jameel A ^b   El Oqlah, Ahmad A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^c YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Capparis spinosa; Prosopis farcta; Salsola villosa; Suaeda vermiculata

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; CAPPARIS SPINOSA EXTRACT; HEXANE; METHANOL; MICONAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSOPIS FARCTA EXTRACT; SALSOLA VILLOSA EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; SUAEDA VERMICULA EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HERBAL MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0029929060     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199605)10:3<251::AID-PTR808>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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