Activity against drug resistant-tuberculosis strains of plants used in Mexican traditional medicine to treat tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-85

  Camacho Corona, María Del Rayo ^a   Ramírez Cabrera, Mónica A ^a   González Santiago, Omar ^a   Garza González, Elvira ^a   Palacios, Isidoro De Paz ^b   Luna Herrera, Julieta ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antimycobacterial activity; Mexican medicinal plants; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; CHLOROFORM; CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA EXTRACT; CITRUS SINENSIS EXTRACT; ETHAMBUTOL; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; HEXANE; ISONIAZID; LARREA TRIDENTATA EXTRACT; MENTHA PULEGIUM EXTRACT; METHANOL; MUSA ACUMINATA EXTRACT; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; OLEA EUROPAEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RIFAMPICIN; ROSA CENTIFOLIA EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOBOTANY; FENNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; LARREA TRIDENTATA; LIME (FRUIT); MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MEXICO; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUSA ACUMINATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIVE TREE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ROSA CENTIFOLIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SWEET ORANGE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; WATERCRESS;

CITRUS AURANTIIFOLIA; CITRUS SINENSIS; FOENICULUM VULGARE; LARREA TRIDENTATA; MUSA ACUMINATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 38549157559     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2269     Document Type: Article

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