In vitro antimicrobial activity of certain medicinal plants from Eastern Ghats, India, used for skin diseases

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 353-357

  Jeevan Ram, A ^a   Bhakshu, L Md ^a   Venkata Raju, R R ^a  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Crude drugs; Ethnopharmacology; Skin diseases

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM EXTRACT; AMMANNIA BACCIFERA EXTRACT; AMPICILLIN; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA EXTRACT; CANTHIUM DICOCCUM EXTRACT; CIPADESSA BACCIFERA EXTRACT; CROTALARIA RAMOSISSIMA EXTRACT; ENTADA RHEEDEI EXTRACT; FLUGGEA LEUCOPYRUS EXTRACT; GLOBA MARANTINA EXTRACT; GMELINA ASIATICA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PENTANEMA INDICUM EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS RETICULATUS EXTRACT; PIMPINELLA TIRUPATIENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; PREMNA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; RHYNCHOSIA BEDDOMEI EXTRACT; SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM EXTRACT; SPHAERANTHUS INDICUS EXTRACT; SYZYGIUM ALTERNIFOLIUM EXTRACT; TERMINALIA PALLIDA EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEX ALTISSIMA EXTRACT; ZINGIBER ROSEUM EXTRACT;

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; APIALES; ARISTOLOCHIA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTALARIA; DANDRUFF; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ECZEMA; EUPHORBIA; GINGER; INDIA; LEGUME; LEUKODERMA; LYTHRACEAE; MELIACEAE; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS; PLUMBAGINACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSORIASIS; RASH; RUBIACEAE; SCABIES; SEMECARPUS; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERMINALIA; TINEA; VERBENACEAE; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VITEX; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 0842326394     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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