The antimicrobial activities of Psidium guajava and Juglans regia leaf extracts to acne-developing organisms

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-204

  Qa'dan, Fadi ^a   Thewaini, Abdul Jalil ^a   Ali, Dalia A ^a   Afifi, Rana ^a   Elkhawad, Abdalla ^a   Matalka, Khalid Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PETRA   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Acne; Juglans regia; Propionibacterium acnes; Psidium guajava

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; JUGLANS REGIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA EXTRACT; TEA TREE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE; ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUAVA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SMEAR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; WALNUT;

ACNE VULGARIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JUGLANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PSIDIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 18744394642     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X05002783     Document Type: Article

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