Antimicrobial thymohydroquinones of Moroccan Nigella sativa seeds detected by electron spin resonance

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 391-395

  Mouhajir, F ^a   Pedersen, J A ^b   Rejdali, M ^c   Towers, G H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Detection of thymohydroquinones by ESR; Ethnopharmacology (Morocco); Infectious diseases; Nigella sativa (seeds); Ranunculaceae

Indexed keywords

NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; THYMOQUINONE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; NIGELLA SATIVA; RANUNCULACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033496245     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.37.5.391.6052     Document Type: Article

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