Antilisterial activity of some plants used in folk medicine

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-94

  Altanlar, Nurten ^a   Çitoǧlu, Gülçin Saltan ^a   Yilmaz, Betül Sever ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Centranthus longiflorus; Juglans regia; Listeria; Lythrum salicaria; Ononis spinosa; Plantago major; Teucrium polium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CENTRANTHUS LONGIFLORUS EXTRACT; JUGLANS REGIA EXTRACT; LYTHRUM SALICARIA EXTRACT; ONONIS SPINOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANTAGO MAJOR EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM POLIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CENTRANTHUS LONGIFLORUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANDER; HERBAL MEDICINE; JUGLANDACEAE; LISTERIA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MURRAYI; LISTERIOSIS; LYTHRACEAE; NONHUMAN; ONONIS SPINOSA; PLANTAGO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CENTRANTHUS LONGIFLORUS; JUGLANDACEAE; JUGLANS REGIA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA GRAYI; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; ONONIS SPINOSA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO MAJOR; TEUCRIUM; TEUCRIUM POLIUM;

EID: 33645081462     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600591907     Document Type: Article

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