Antimicrobial spectrum of Alchornea cordifolia leaf extract

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-69

  Okeke, Iruka N ^a   Ogundaini, Abiodun O ^a   Ogungbamila, Francis O ^a   Lamikanra, Adebayo ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alchornea cordifolia; Antimicrobial activity

Indexed keywords

ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGERIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ALCHORNEA; ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033037278     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199902)13:1<67::AID-PTR366>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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