Screening of Indian plant extracts for antibacterial activity

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 627-631

  Mahida, Yogesh ^a   Mohan, J S S ^a  

^a SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agar diffusion method; Antibacterial activity; Gram negative bacteria; Gram positive bacteria; Methanol extracts

Indexed keywords

ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLUMEA LACERA EXTRACT; CANSCORA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; CASSIA ALATA EXTRACT; CASSIA BIFLORA EXTRACT; CASSIA FISTULA EXTRACT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COMBRETUM OVALIFOLIUM EXTRACT; CRINUM PRATENSE EXTRACT; DREGIA VOLUBILIS EXTRACT; ENICOSTEMA HYSSOPIFOLIUME EXTRACT; EXACUM PEDUNCULATUM EXTRACT; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS EXTRACT; IPOMOEA FISTULOSA EXTRACT; MURRAYA EXOTICA EXTRACT; NERIUM INDICUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUMERIA RUBRA EXTRACT; PUTRANJIVA ROXBURGHII EXTRACT; SCHWEINFURTHIA PAPILIONACE EXTRACT; STREBLUS ASPER EXTRACT; TABEBUIA ARGENTEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URGINEA INDICA EXTRACT; WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA EXTRACT;

ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; ANGIOSPERM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIADACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BIGNONIACEAE; BLUMEA LACERA; CANSCORA DIFFUSA; CASSIA ALATA; CASSIA BIFLORA; CASSIA FISTULA; COMBRETACEAE; COMBRETUM OVALIFOLIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVOLVULACEAE; CRINUM PRATENSE; DREGIA VOLUBILIS; DRUG SCREENING; ENICOSTEMA HYSSOPIFOLIUM; EUPHORBIA; EXACUM PEDUNCULATUM; GENTIANACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; IPOMEA FISTULOSA; LEGUME; MORACEAE; MURRAYA EXOTICA; NERIUM INDICUM; NONHUMAN; PLUMERIA RUBRA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUTRANJIVA ROXBURGHII; RUBIACEAE; SCHWEINFURTHIA PAPILIONACE; SCROPHULARIACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREBLUS ASPER; TABEBUIA ARGENTEA; URGINEA INDICA; WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA;

ASTERACEAE; BLUMEA LACERA; CANSCORA DIFFUSA; EUPHORBIACEAE; GENTIANACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUTRANJIVA ROXBURGHII; SENNA ALATA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33750851063     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600897551     Document Type: Article

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