Antienterobacterial activity of Hemidesmus indicus R. Br. Root extract

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 416-421

  Das, Sarita ^a   Devaraj, S Niranjali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Antienterobacterial activity; CHI; Hemidesmus indicus root; ME1; MHI; S. typhimurium

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLOROFORM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COPPER; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS EXTRACT; METHANOL; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG INHIBITION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMIDESMUS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 33646483711     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1879     Document Type: Article

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