In vitro anti-microbial activity of extracts from the callus cultures of some Nigella species

Biologia

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-288

  Landa, Premysl ^a   Marsik, Petr ^b   Vanek, Tomas ^b   Rada, Vojtech ^a   Kokoska, Ladislav ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Callus culture; Nigella

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NIGELLA; NIGELLA ARVENSIS; NIGELLA DAMASCENA; NIGELLA HISPANICA; NIGELLA SATIVA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 33746620449     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-006-0052-6     Document Type: Article

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