Antibacterial potentiality of Argemone mexicana solvent extracts against some pathogenic bacteria

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 645-648

  Bhattacharjee, Indranil ^a   Chatterjee, Soroj Kumar ^a   Chatterjee, Soumendranath ^a   Chandra, Goutam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Argemone mexicana; Medicinal plant

Indexed keywords

ARGEMONE; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PAPAVERACEAE; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33749662521     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000600011     Document Type: Article

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