Screening of selected indigenous plants of Lebanon for antimicrobial activity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Barbour, Elie K ^a,b   Al Sharif, Mohammed ^a   Sagherian, Vatche K ^a   Habre, Adele N ^a   Talhouk, Rabih S ^a   Talhouk, Salma N ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Tigah Kanisat Martakla ^*  (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA DAMASCENA EXTRACT; ANTHEMIS SCARIOSA EXTRACT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEBTAUREA AINETENSIS EXTRACT; CIRSIUM EXTRACT; HIERACIUM EXTRACT; NEPATA CURVIFLORA EXTRACT; ORIGANUM LIBANOTICUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RANUNCULUS MYOSUROUDES EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBASCUM LEPTOSTYCHUM EXTRACT;

ACHILLEA DAMASCENA; ALCHEMILLA DIADEMATA; ANTHEMIS SCARIOSA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CENTAUREA AINETENSIS; CIRSIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIERACIUM; LEBANON; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPATA CURVIFLORA; NONHUMAN; ORIGANUM LIBANOTICUM; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANUNCULUS MYOSUROUDES; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERBASCUM LEPTOSTYCHUM;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; LEBANON; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 2942568215     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.02.027     Document Type: Article

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