Antimicrobial activities of southern Nepalese medicinal plants

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-102

  Taylor, R S L ^a   Edel, F ^a   Manandhar, N P ^b   Towers, G H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Natl Herbarium and Plant Labs   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Ethnobotany; Nepal; Terai; Tharu

Indexed keywords

METHANOL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG SCREENING; DYSENTERY; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0030021942     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(95)01335-0     Document Type: Article

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