Antimicrobial activity of plant extracts against human bacterial pathogens;Atividade antimicrobiana de extratos vegetais sobre bactérias patogênicas humanas

Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 86-91

  Alvarenga, A L ^a   Schwan, R F ^a   Dias, D R ^b   Schwan Estrada, K R F ^c   Bravo Martins, C E C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b Unilavras Centro Universitário de Lavras

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bacterial inhibition; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; OREGANO EXTRACT; PEPPERMINT OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SALVIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DRUG ISOLATION; GINGER; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENTHA PIPERITA; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; ROSEMARY; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENTHA X PIPERITA; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 38549091152     PISSN: 15160572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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