Antimicrobial activity of Argentine medicinal plants on antibiotic-resistant bacteria;Actividad antimicrobiana de plantas medicinales argentinas sobre bacterias antibiótico-resistentes

Acta Bioquimica Clinica Latinoamericana

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 385-393

  Zampini, Iris Catiana ^a   Cudmani, Norma ^b   Isla, María Inés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Hospital de Clínicas Dr Nicolás Avellaneda   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antibiotic multiresistant gram negative bacteria; Antimicrobial activity; Argentine medicinal plants; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; APHYLLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DASYPHYLLUM DIACANTHOIDES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LARREA; LARREA CUNEIFOLIA; LARREA DIVARICATA; MIRABILIS; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NEGIBACTERIA; PHYTOLACCA DIOICA; PHYTOLACCACEAE; PITHECOCTENIUM; PROSOPANCHE AMERICANA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHINUS MOLLE; SCHKUHRIA PINNATA; SENNA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CHILENSIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 50249117196     PISSN: 03252957     EISSN: 03252957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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