Antibacterial activity of some medicinal plants of Papua New Guinea

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-225

  Sundar Rao, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; B. subtilis; E. coli; Medicinal plants; P. aeruginosa; PNG; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544469709     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.34.3.223.13203     Document Type: Article

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