In vitro antibacterial activity of the extracts derived from Terminalia catappa

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-184

  Naz, Shahina ^a   Ahmad, Samia ^a   Rasool, Sheikh Ajaz ^a   Siddiqi, Rahmanullah ^a   Sayeed, Syed Asad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Activity directed isolation; Antibacterial activity; Fruit; Leaf; Phytochemical analysis; Terminalia catappa

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 34250763703     PISSN: 18164978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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