Ethnopharmacological studies of antimicrobial remedies in the south of Brazil

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-143

  Coelho De Souza, G ^a   Haas, A P S ^a   Von Poser, G L ^b   Schapoval, E E S ^b   Elisabetsky, E ^a,c  

^a Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Farmacia   (Brazil)

^c Faculdade de Farmácia ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antimicrobial remedies; Rio Grande do Sul

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHAPTALIA NUTANS EXTRACT; CORDIA MONOSPERMA EXTRACT; ECHINODORUS GRANDIFLORUS EXTRACT; EUGENIA UNIFLORA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEONURUS SIBIRICUS EXTRACT; LUEHEA DIVARICATA EXTRACT; MALVA SYLVESTRIS EXTRACT; OCOTEA ODORIFERA EXTRACT; PARAPIPTADENIA RIGIDA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUCHEA SAGITTALIS EXTRACT; PSIDIUM CATTLEYANUM EXTRACT; SENNA NEGLECTA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; CHAPTALIA NUTANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDIA MONOSPERMA; ECHINODORUS GRANDIFLORUS; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; FUNGAL STRAIN; LEONURUS SIBIRICUS; LUEHEA DIVARICATA; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OCOTEA ODORIFERA; PARAPIPTADENIA RIGIDA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLUCHEA SAGITTALIS; PSIDIUM CATTLEYANUM; SENNA NEGLECTA;

EID: 0346492910     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2003.09.039     Document Type: Article

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