Antibacterial and antifungal activities of different parts of Tribulus terrestris L. growing in Iraq

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-159

  Al Bayati, Firas A ^a   Al Mola, Hassan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Tribulus terrestris; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFEPIME; CHLOROFORM; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; IRAQ; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; HUMANS; IRAQ; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TRIBULUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 39049128762     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0720251     Document Type: Article

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