Susceptibility of some clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus to fractions from the aerial parts of Leuzea carthamoides

Biologia

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 607-609

  Janovská, Dagmar ^a   Klouček, Pavel ^b   Urban, Jan ^c   Vaněk, Tomáš ^d   Rada, Vojtěch ^b   Kokoška, Ladislav ^b  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aerial parts; Antimicrobial activity; Fractionation; Leuzea carthamoides; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

LEUZEA; LEUZEA CARTHAMOIDES; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 51549086087     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-008-0105-0     Document Type: Article

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