Antimicrobial activity of Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae) leaves extract

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 381-384

  De Oliveira, Guilherme Ferreira ^a   Furtado, Niege Araçari Jacometti Cardoso ^a   Da Silva Filho, Ademar Alves ^a   Martins, Carlos Henrique Gomes ^a   Bastos, Jairo Kenupp ^b   Cunha, Wilson Roberto ^a   Silva, Márcio Luís De Andrade ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE FRANCA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Disk diffusion method; Microdilution broth method; Multi resistant strains; Syzygium cumini

Indexed keywords

ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MYRTACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 34447136819     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822007000200035     Document Type: Article

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