Antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic activities of tuberous roots of Amorphophallus campanulatus

Turkish Journal of Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-172

  Khan, Alam ^a   Rahman, Moizur ^a   Islam, Shariful ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Amorphophallus campanulatus; Antifungal activity; Cytotoxicity; Ethanol extract; Gram negative; Gram positive; MIC

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOPHALLUS; AMORPHOPHALLUS PAEONIFOLIUS VAR. CAMPANULATUS; ARTEMIA; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 35348955321     PISSN: 13000152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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