Identification and quantification of some potentially antimicrobial anionic components in miswak extract

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-14

  Darout, Ismail A ^a   Christy, Alfred A ^b   Skaug, Nils ^a   Egeberg, Per K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anti microbial anionic components; Capillary electrophoresis; Miswak extracts; Salvadora persica

Indexed keywords

ANION; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SALVADORA PERSICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SALVADORA PERSICA;

EID: 0034092452     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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