Screening seeds of Scottish plants for antibacterial activity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 73-77

  Kumarasamy, Yashodharan ^a   Cox, Philip John ^a   Jaspars, Marcel ^b   Nahar, Lutfun ^b   Sarker, Satyajit Dey ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Checkerboard assay; Scottish plants

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE; MALVA MOSCHATA EXTRACT; METHANOL EXTRACTION RESIDUE; PLANT EXTRACT; PRUNUS PADUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARMERIA MARITIMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CARROT; CENTAUREA SCABIOSA; CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA; CRITHMUM MARITIMUM; MALVA MOSCHATA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLANT SEED; PRUNUS PADUS; RESEDA LUTEA; ROSA CANINA; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STELLARIA HOLOSTEA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEEDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036876316     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00214-3     Document Type: Article

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