Investigation of plants used in Jamaican folk medicine for anti-bacterial activity

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1455-1460

  Facey, Petrea C ^a   Pascoe, Keith O ^a   Porter, Roy B ^a   Jones, Alcia D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROMIKANOLIDE; MIKANOLIDE; SESQUITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIKANIA MICRANTHA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033394536     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/0022357991777119     Document Type: Article

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