The in vitro antibacterial activity of Turkish medicinal plants

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-86

  Sokmen, Atalay ^a   Jones, Brian M ^b   Erturk, Murat ^c  

^a Fac Sci Art Univ C   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Bioassay; Crude extracts; Turkish plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TURKEY;

EID: 0032794184     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00189-5     Document Type: Article

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