Antimicrobial potentiality of the thioxanthene flupenthixol through extensive in vitro and in vivo experiments

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-62

  Jeyaseeli, L ^a   Gupta, Asish Das ^a   Asok Kumar, K ^a   Mazumdar, Kaushiki ^b   Dutta, Noton Kumar ^b   Dastidar, Sujata G ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antipsychotic; Flupenthixol; Non antibiotic; Thioxanthene

Indexed keywords

FLUPENTIXOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; THIOXANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG MECHANISM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LD 50; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FLUPENTHIXOL; MALE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 29944441840     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.08.014     Document Type: Article

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