Effect of peganum harmala or its β-carboline alkaloids on certain antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria and protozoa from poultry

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1533-1538

  Arshad, Najma ^a,b   Zitterl Eglseer, Karin ^a   Hasnain, Shahida ^b   Hess, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Antibiotic resistant bacteria; Blastocystis sp; Histomonas meleagridis; Peganum harmala; Tetratrichomonas gallinarum

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; BETA CARBOLINE; HARMALINE; HARMALOL; HARMAN; HARMINE; PEGANUM HARMALA EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PEGANUM HARMALA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POULTRY; PROTOZOON; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CARBOLINES; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HARMALINE; HARMINE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEGANUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTOZOA;

BLASTOCYSTIS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; PEGANUM HARMALA; PROTOZOA; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM;

EID: 57349095604     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2528     Document Type: Article

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