Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal barks used in Peruvian Amazon

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 427-429

  Kloucek, P ^a   Svobodova, B ^a   Polesny, Z ^a   Langrova, I ^b   Smrcek, S ^c   Kokoska, L ^a  

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

^b Faculty of Agrobiology Food and Natural Resources   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Crude extracts; Peruvian medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ABUTA GRANDIFOLIA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; CORDIA ALLIODORA EXTRACT; DIPTERYX MICRANTHIA EXTRACT; MAYTENUS MACROCARPA EXTRACT; NAUCLEOPSIS GLABRA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PTEROCARPUS ROHRII EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CORDIA; DILUTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MAYTENUS; MENISPERMACEAE; MORACEAE; PTEROCARPUS; TONKA BEAN; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GEOGRAPHY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PERU; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ABUTA GRANDIFOLIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORAGINACEAE; CELASTRACEAE; CORDIA ALLIODORA; DIPTERYX MICRANTHA; FABACEAE; MAYTENUS MACROCARPA; MENISPERMACEAE; MORACEAE; NAUCLEOPSIS; POSIBACTERIA; PTEROCARPUS;

EID: 34047112397     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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