Antimicrobial activity of flavonoids from leaves of Tagetes minuta

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-232

  Tereschuk, María L ^a   Riera, Marta V Q ^a   Castro, Guillermo R ^a   Abdala, Lidia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Asteraceae; Flavonoids; Tagetes minuta

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES; ZYMOMONAS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARGENTINA; CHROMONES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVONOIDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LACTOBACILLUS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ZYMOMONAS;

EID: 0030965816     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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