Antimicrobial activity of nigella sativa linn. Seed oil against multi-drug resistant bacteria from clinical isolates

Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-14

  Salman, M T ^a   Khan, R A ^a   Shukla, I ^b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antimicrobial activity; Black cumin; Clinical isolates; Essential oil; Nigella sativa

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NIGELLA SATIVA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 44949119389     PISSN: 09760504     EISSN: 09760512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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