Antibacterial activity of solvent fractions of crude water decoction of apical twigs and latex of Ca lotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br

Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-34

  Parabia, Farzin M ^a   Kothari, I L ^a   Parabia, M H ^b  

^a SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VEER NARMAD SOUTH GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Calotropis procera; Crude water decoction; Gram negative bacteria; Gram positive bacteria; Traditional wound healer

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 44949192770     PISSN: 09760504     EISSN: 09760512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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