Antimicrobial activity of common madder (Rubia tinctorum L.)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 490-492

  Kalyoncu, Fatih ^a   Cetin, Burcu ^a   Saglam, Hüsniye ^b  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Rubia tinctorum

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; RUBIA TINCTORUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; RUBIA; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; RUBIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); FUNGI; RUBIA TINCTORUM; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 33745478124     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1884     Document Type: Article

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