Antimicrobial activity of Ficus benghalensis

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 715-725

  Aswar, Manoj ^a   Aswar, Urmila ^b   Wagh, Akshaya ^a   Watkar, Bhagyashri ^a   Vyas, Meenakshi ^a   Gujar, Kishore N ^a  

^a Sinhgad Institute of Pharmacy   (India)

^b BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DEEMED UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Cup plate method; Ficus benghalensis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROFORM; FICUS BENGALENSIS EXTRACT; FLAVANOID; METHANOL; PHYTOSTEROL; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 53249125626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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