Antimicrobial activity of Calluna vulgaris

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Braghiroli, L ^a   Mazzanti, G ^a   Manganaro, M ^a   Mascellino, M T ^a   Vespertilli, T ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

antimicrobial activity; arbutin; Calluna vulgaris; hydroquinone; ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN; AMPICILLIN; ARBUTIN; CALLUNA VULGARIS EXTRACT; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHER; FLUCYTOSINE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROQUINONE; IMIPENEM; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NETILMICIN; NYSTATIN; PENICILLIN G; PLANT EXTRACT; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN; WATER;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLUNA VULGARIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0030483558     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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