Screening of some Cuban medicinal plants for antimicrobial activity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-174

  Martinez M J ^a   Betancourt, J ^a   Alonso Gonzalez N ^a   Jauregui, A ^a  

^a Facultad de Medicina 'Dr Salvador Allende'   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antimicrobial activity; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0342973227     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(96)01405-5     Document Type: Article

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