An evaluation of antibacterial activities of Psidium guajava (L.)

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 429-436

  Sanches, Neviton Rogério ^a   Cortez, Diógenes Aparício Garcia ^a   Schiavini, Michelle Simone ^a   Nakamura, Celso Vataru ^a   Dias Filho, Benedito Prado ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activities; Flavonoids; Psidium guajava; and amyrin; sitosterol

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 27944511415     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132005000300014     Document Type: Article

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