Screening of methanol and acetone extracts of fourteen Indian medicinal plants for antimicrobial activity

Turkish Journal of Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-248

  Vaghasiya, Yogeshkumar ^a   Chanda, Sumitra V ^a  

^a SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetone extracts; Agar disc diffusion method; Antimicrobial activity; Medicinal plants; Methanol extracts

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CRYPTOCOCCUS LUTEOLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 38049093344     PISSN: 13000152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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