Methods for evaluation of the antimicrobial activity and determination of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of plant extracts;Métodos para avaliação da atividade antimicrobiana e determinação da concentração mínima inibitória (CMI) de plantas medicinais

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-307

  Ostrosky, Elissa A ^a   Mizumoto, Miriam K ^a   Lima, Marcos E L ^a   Kaneko, Telma M ^a   Nishikawa, Suzana O ^a   Freitas, Beatriz R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agar diffusion; Antimicrobial activity; Macrodilution; Microdilution; Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC); Plant extract

Indexed keywords

EID: 49049100682     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-695x2008000200026     Document Type: Review

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