Antibacterial effects of water soluble green tea extracts on multi-antibiotic resistant isolates of Acinetobacter sp.

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1477-1480

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

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Green tea; MBC

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.;

EID: 34247260455     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.1477.1480     Document Type: Article

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