Chemical constituents and antimicrobial activity of a traditional herbal medicine containing garlic and black cumin

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Roy, Jiben ^a   Shakleya, Diaa M ^b   Callery, Patrick S ^b   Thomas, John G ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Black cumin; Diallyldisulfide; Garlic; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

1,3 DITHIIN; 1,4 METHANOZULENE; 3 VINYL 1,2 DITHIOCYCLOHEX 5 ENE; 3 VINYL 1,2 DITHIOCYCLOHEXENE; ALLICIN; ALLYLPROPENYL DISULFIDE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CITRONELLOL; DIALLYLDISULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL S ALLYLCYSTEINE; GARLIC EXTRACT; METHYL 2 PROPENYL DISULFIDE; N HEXADECANOIC ACID; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PARA CYMENE; PARA TERT BUTYLCATHECOL; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLACK CUMIN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33748337283     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v3i2.31151     Document Type: Article

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