Antibacterial activity of Acalypha indica L

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 299-302

  Govindarajan, M ^a   Jebanesan, A ^a   Reetha, D ^a   Amsath, R ^b   Pushpanathan, T ^a   Samidurai, K ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KHADIR MOHIDEEN COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acalypha indica; Antibacterial activity; Leaf extracts

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA INDICA EXTRACT; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CHLOROFORM; HEXANE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG CONCENTRATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUPHORBIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 57049176484     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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