Garlic extract and allicin: Broad spectrum antibacterial agents effective against multiple drug resistant strains of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and Shigella flexneri, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 329-331

  Ahsan, Monira ^a   Chowdhury, A K Azad ^a   Islam, S N ^a   Ahmed, Z U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Allicin; Antibacterial agent; Broad spectrum; Garlic; Resistant strains

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ALLICIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0029932939     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(199606)10:4<329::aid-ptr826>3.0.co;2-2     Document Type: Article

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