Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus mediated by extracts of Iranian plants

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 375-377

  Mansouri, Shahla ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Iranian plants; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; MYRTUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SULFONAMIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA SANTOLINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECHIUM; ECHIUM AMOENUM; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; IRANIA; JUGLANS REGIA; MENTA; MENTA VIRIDIS; MYRTUS COMMUNIS; SANTOLINA; SATURIA; SATURIA HORTENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEUCRIUM; TEUCRIUM POLIUM; TRIGONELLA FOENUM; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM;

EID: 0033496578     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.37.5.375.6058     Document Type: Article

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