Antimicrobial activity of some important Adiantum species used traditionally in indigenous systems of medicine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 327-329

  Singh, Meenakshi ^a   Singh, Neha ^a   Khare, P B ^a   Rawat, A K S ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; MIC; Phenols; Phytochemical; Pteridophytes

Indexed keywords

ADIANTUM CAPILLUS VENERIS EXTRACT; ADIANTUM CAUDATUM EXTRACT; ADIANTUM PERUVIANUM EXTRACT; ADIANTUM VENUSTUM EXTRACT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FLAVANOID; GENTAMICIN; KETOCONAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAPONIN; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIANTUM; ADIANTUM CAPILLUS VENERIS; ADIANTUM CAUDATUM; ADIANTUM PERUVIANUM; ADIANTUM VENUSTUM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS SPINULOSUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL STRAIN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ADIANTUM; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ADIANTUM; ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS; ADIANTUM CAUDATUM; ADIANTUM VENUSTUM; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PTERIDACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 37349103877     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.09.018     Document Type: Article

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