Antimicrobial activity of Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) H.B.K.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-82

  Martinez Vazquez M ^a   Gonzalez Esquinca A R ^b   Cazares Luna, L ^b   Moreno Gutierrez M N ^b   Garcia Argaez A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Univ Cie Y Artes Estado C   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Byrsonima crassifolia; Chiapas; Malpighiaceae; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BYRSONIMA CRASSIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

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

EID: 0345643406     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00155-X     Document Type: Article

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