Antimycobacterial activity of lichens

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 200-204

  Gupta, Vivek Kumar ^a   Darokar, Mahendra P ^a   Saikia, Dharmendra ^a   Pal, Anirban ^a   Fatima, Atiya ^a   Khanuja, Suman P S ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Antimycobacterial agents; BACTEC; Lichens; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Radiometric assay

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; EVERNIASTRUM CIRRHATUM EXTRACT; FLAVOPARMELIA CAPERATA EXTRACT; HETERODERMIA LEUCOMELA EXTRACT; LECANORA FLAVIDORUFA EXTRACT; LEPTOGIUM PEDICELLATUM EXTRACT; LOBARIA ISIDIOSA EXTRACT; PHAEOPHYSCIA HISPIDULA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RIMELIA RETICULATA EXTRACT; STEREOCAULON FOLIOLOSUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; LICHEN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RADIOMETRY;

COLLEMATACEAE; EVERNIASTRUM CIRRHATUM; FLAVOPARMELIA CAPERATA; HETERODERMIA LEUCOMELA; LECANORA; LECANORACEAE; LEPTOGIUM; LOBARIA; LOBARIACEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARMELIACEAE; PARMOTREMA RETICULATUM; PHAEOPHYSCIA HISPIDULA; PHYSCIACEAE; STEREOCAULACEAE; STEREOCAULON;

EID: 34247603418     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200701213088     Document Type: Article

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