Susceptibility of some clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus to bioactive column fractions from the lichen Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach.

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 494-496

  Esimone, C O ^a   Adikwu, M U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Lichens; Ramalina farinacea; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEPSIDE; DEPSIDONE; PLANT EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LICHENS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; RAMALINA FARINACEA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBIOTICS, MACROLIDE; HUMAN; LICHENS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TETRACYCLINE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MACROLIDES;

RAMALINA; RAMALINA FARINACEA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036667483     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.963     Document Type: Article

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