Antibacterial efficacy of Withania somnifera (ashwagandha) an indigenous medicinal plant against experimental murine salmonellosis

Phytomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-235

  Owais, M ^a   Sharad, K S ^a   Shehbaz, A ^a   Saleemuddin, M ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Salmonella typhimurium; Withania somnifera (ashwagandha)

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PLANT EXTRACT; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ANIMALIA; ASHWAGANDHA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOLANACEAE; TYPHIMURIUM; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 14844321614     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2003.07.012     Document Type: Article

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