Antibacterial activity of some medicinal plant extracts

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-262

  Ghosh, Anupam ^a   Das, Bidus Kanti ^b   Roy, Arup ^b   Mandal, Biplab ^c   Chandra, Goutam ^d  

^a BANKURA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

^b RAIGANJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antibiotic resistance; Inhibition zones; Medicinal plants; Plant extract

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LAWSONIA ALBA LEAF EXTRACT; MIKANIA MICRANTHA LEAF EXTRACT; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PLANT EXTRACT; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; TERMINALLIA BELLERICA LEAF EXTRACT; TERMINALLIA CHEBULA LEAF EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAWSONIA ALBA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIKANIA MICRANTHA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; POMEGRANATE; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERMINALLIA BELLERICA; TERMINALLIA CHEBULA;

EID: 40549138155     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-007-0216-x     Document Type: Article

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