Antibacterial effects of Hypericum ascyron and Hypericum japonicum against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-159

  Mu, Qing ^a   Gibbons, Simon ^b   Stavri, Michael ^b   Smith, Eileen ^b   Zhou, Fu Sheng ^a   Hu, Chang Qi ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Hypericum ascyron; Hypericum japonicum; MDR; Multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; HEXANE; HYDROXIDE; HYPERICUM ASCYRON EXTRACT; HYPERICUM EXTRACT; HYPERICUM JAPONICUM EXTRACT; NORFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; FRACTIONATION; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM ASCYRON; HYPERICUM JAPONICUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM ASCYRON; HYPERICUM JAPONICUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33745727397     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600686079     Document Type: Article

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