Screening of 34 Indian medicinal plants for antibacterial properties

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-181

  Perumal Samy, R ^a   Ignacimuthu, S ^a   Sen, A ^a  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Plant extract; Tribals; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CASSIA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA ARJUNA EXTRACT; VITEX NEGUNDO EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0345195991     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00057-9     Document Type: Article

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