Bioactivity studies of extracts from Tridax procumbens

Phytomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-238

  Taddei, A ^a   Rosas Romero, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Biological activity review; Ethnobotany; Tridax procumbens

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA SP.; MUCOR; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; RHODOTORULA RUBRA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CEREUS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS;

EID: 0034123673     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(00)80009-4     Document Type: Article

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