Antimicrobial activities of pomegranate rind extracts: Enhancement by addition of metal salts and vitamin C

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  McCarrell, Erin M ^a   Gould, Simon W J ^a   Fielder, Mark D ^a   Kelly, Alison F ^a   El Sankary, Waffa ^a   Naughton, Declan P ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER DERIVATIVE; IRON SALT; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CML 1 PLANT EXTRACT; CML-1 PLANT EXTRACT; INORGANIC SALT; METAL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; DRUG EFFECT; PLANT; POMEGRANATE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METALS; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUNICACEAE; SALTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 60849094508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-8-64     Document Type: Article

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