Antimicrobial activity of crude extracts and extracted phenols from gametophyte and sporophytic plant parts of Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

Allelopathy Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-66

  Guha, P ^a   Mukhopadhyay, R ^a   Pal, P K ^a   Gupta, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Adiantum capillus veneris; Antimicrobial activity; Bacillus subtilis; Escherichia coli; Gametophyte; Gram negative; Gram positive; Pinnule; Sporophyte

Indexed keywords

ADIANTACEAE; ADIANTUM; ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILICOPHYTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 1442266533     PISSN: 09714693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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