Antibacterial activity of Jordanian medicinal plants

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 196-201

  Nimri, Laila F ^a   Meqdam, M M ^a   Alkofahi, A ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Medicinal plants; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CERTONIA SILIQUA EXTRACT; CLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FICUS CARCIA EXTRACT; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; LINCOMYCIN; MALVA PARVIFLORA EXTRACT; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA EXTRACT; NERIUM OLEANDER EXTRACT; NOVECIN; PENICILLIN G; PLANT EXTRACT; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; QUERCUS INFECTORIA EXTRACT; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; SALVIA TRILOBA EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE; THYMUS CAPITATUS EXTRACT; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCYRRHIZA; JORDAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POISON IVY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ARTEMISIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARCIA; CHAMOMILLA; CORIARIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOENICULUM VULGARE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HEDERA; JORDANIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALVA PARVIFLORA; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA; NERIUM OLEANDER; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUNICA GRANATUM; QUERCUS INFECTORIA; RHUS CORIARIA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SALVIA; SALVIA TRILOBA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SILIQUA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THYMUS CAPITATUS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0032757837     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.37.3.196.6308     Document Type: Article

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