Antimicrobial screening of selected medicinal plants from India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-83

  Valsaraj, R ^a   Pushpangadan, P ^a   Smitt, U W ^b   Adsersen, A ^b   Nyman, U ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Ethnopharmacology; Indian medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FUNGI; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 0030733121     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00085-8     Document Type: Article

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