Studies on the antibacterial potential of Cryptostegia grandiflora R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae) extract

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-72

  Mukherjee, Pulok K ^a   Gunasekhran, R ^a   Subburaju, T ^a   Dhanbal, S P ^a   Duraiswamy, B ^a   Vijayan, P ^a   Suresh, B ^a  

^a JSS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Asclepiadaceae; Cryptostegia grandiflora; Microorganisms

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSTEGIA GRANDIFLORA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AFRICA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOLVENTS;

APOCYNACEAE; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS MEGATORIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CRYPTOSTEGIA GRANDIFLORA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033038716     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199902)13:1<70::AID-PTR377>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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