Antibacterial activity of Elaeagnus umbellata (Thunb.) a medicinal plant from Pakistan

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-263

  Sabir, Mubasher S ^a   Ahmad, Dilnawaz S ^a   Hussain, Imtiaz M ^a   Tahir, Kaleem M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR   (Pakistan)

^b ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA EXTRACT; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ELAEAGNACEAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROBABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34147152958     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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