Antibacterial activities of Mentha piperita, Pisum sativum and Momordica charantia

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 997-1001

  Saeed, Sabahat ^a   Tariq, Perween ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MENTHA X PIPERITA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PISUM SATIVUM; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR PARATYPHI B; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 33646253435     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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