Antibacterial potential of antarctic lichens against human pathogenic gram-positive bacteria

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1269-1271

  Paudel, Babita ^a,b   Bhattarai, Hari Datta ^a   Lee, Jin Sung ^a   Hong, Soon Gyu ^a   Shin, Hyun Woung ^b   Yim, Joung Han ^a,c  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antarctic lichens; Antibacterial activity; Gram(+) bacteria; Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CALOPLACA EXTRACT; CALOPLACA REGALIS EXTRACT; LECANORA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RAMALINA TEREBRATA EXTRACT; STEREOCAULON ALPINUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BROTH DILUTION; CALOPLACA; CALOPLACA REGALIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LECANORA; LICHENS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAMALINA TEREBRATA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STEREOCAULON ALPINUM;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LICHENS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CALOPLACA; LECANORA; POSIBACTERIA; RAMALINA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STEREOCAULON ALPINUM;

EID: 52649167312     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2445     Document Type: Article

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