Antimicrobial activity of Indigofera suffruticosa

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-265

  Leite, Sônia Pereira ^a,d,e   Vieira, Jeymesson Raphael Cardoso ^b   De Medeiros, Paloma Lys ^a   Leite, Roberta Maria Pereira ^b   De Menezes Lima, Vera Lúcia ^a   Xavier, Haroudo Satiro ^a   De Oliveira Lima, Edeltrudes ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b Federal University of Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Aqueous extract; Indigofera suffruticosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INDIGOFERA SUFFRUTICOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DERMATOPHYTE; DIFFUSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INDIGOFERA; INDIGOFERA SUFFRUTICOSA; INHIBITION KINETICS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 33745726162     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel010     Document Type: Article

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