Antibacterial, preliminary phytochemical and pharmacognostical screening on the leaves of Vicoa indica (L.)DC

Iranian Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-113

  Srinivasan, Kesavan ^a   Natarajan, Devarajan ^b   Mohanasundari, Chokkalingam ^c   Venkatakrishnan, Chinthambi ^c   Nagamurugan, Nandakumar ^d  

^a Eritrea Institute of Technology   (Eritrea)

^b Periyar EVR College   (India)

^c Kandaswamy Kandar College Namakkal   (India)

^d Kurinji College of Arts and Science   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Pathogens; Pharmacognostical; Phytochemical; Vicoa indica

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLOROFORM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSIDE; HEXANE; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; VICOA INDICA EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VICOA INDICA;

EID: 44249089583     PISSN: 17352657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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