Phytochemical and antimicrobial screening of extracts of Aquilaria agallocha Roxb

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3531-3534

  Dash, Manasi ^a   Patra, Jayanta Kumar ^b   Panda, Prasanna Priyadarshini ^b  

^a TACT   (India)

^b Academy of Management and Information Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Aquilaria agallocha; Phytochemicals

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMINO ACID; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; AQUILARIA AGALLOCHA EXTRACT; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; GLYCOSIDE; METHANOL; OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUILARIA AGALLOCHA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BARK; BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRY WEIGHT; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

AQUILARIA AGALLOCHA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 57349192779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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