Evaluation of the growth inhibitory activities of Triphala against common bacterial isolates from HIV infected patients

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 476-480

  Srikumar, R ^a   Jeya Parthasarathy, N ^a   Shankar, E M ^a   Manikandan, S ^a   Vijayakumar, R ^a   Thangaraj, R ^b   Vijayananth, K ^b   Sheeladevi, R ^a   Rao, Usha Anand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b THE NEW COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Kirby Bauer's disk diffusion; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Triphala; Zone of clearance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAROTENOID; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROORGANISM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TERMINALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR PARATYPHI B; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 34248186180     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2105     Document Type: Article

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