Antibacterial, antisecretory and antihemorrhagic activity of Azadirachta indica used to treat cholera and diarrhea in India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 607-612

  Thakurta, Prarthana ^a   Bhowmik, Poulami ^a   Mukherjee, Souryadeep ^a   Hajra, Tapas K ^a   Patra, Amarendra ^a   Bag, Prasanta K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antihemorrhagic; Antisecretory; Azadirachta indica; Cholera; Indigenous

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; INDIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZADIRACHTA; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; INDIA; INTESTINAL SECRETIONS; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 34247211262     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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