Attenuation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence by medicinal plants in a Caenorhabditis elegans model system

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 809-813

  Adonizio, Allison ^a   Leal Jr , Sixto M ^a   Ausubel, Frederick M ^c,d   Mathee, Kalai ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCCIDA BUCERAS EXTRACT; CALLISTEMON VIMINALIS EXTRACT; CONOCARPUS ERECTUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BUCCIDA BUCERAS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALLISTEMON VIMINALIS; CONOCARPUS ERECTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MYRTACEAE; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MYRTACEAE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 48949097826     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47802-0     Document Type: Article

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