Bio-activity of oils of Trigonella foenum-graecum and Pongamia pinnata

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1592-1596

  Wagh, Pritee ^a   Rai, Mahendra ^a   Deshmukh, S K ^b   Durate, Marta Cristina Teixeira ^c  

^a SANT GADGE BABA AMRAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Piramal Enterprises Limited   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Human pathogenic microbes; Inhibition; Oils; Pongamia pinnata; Trigonella foenum graecum

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FATTY ACID; FENUGREEK OIL; OIL; PONGAMIA PINNATA OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRY WEIGHT; FENUGREEK; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PONGAMIA PINNATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FABACEAE; PONGAMIA PINNATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 34447566264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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