Anti-microbial activity of Tamarindus indica and Adansonia digitata extracts Against E. coli isolated from urine and water specimens

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-197

  Yagoub, Sanaa O ^a  

^a AL NEELAIN UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Extracts; Gram negative bacteria; Medicinal plants; Resistance; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 40949118128     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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