Nutritive value of clove (Syzygium aromaticum) and detection of antimicrobial effect of its bud oil

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-271

  Sulieman, Abdel Moneim E ^a   El Boshra, Iman M O ^a   El Khalifa, El Amin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chemical composition; Clove

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 34250698959     PISSN: 18164978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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