Antibacterial effects of water soluble green tea extracts on multi-antibiotic resistant isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1544-1546

  Hosseini Jazani, N ^a   Shahabi, Sh ^a   Abdi Ali, A ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Green tea; MBC; MIC; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34247221003     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.1544.1546     Document Type: Article

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