Shigellocidal activity of some medicinal plants used in folklore remedies by tribals of Mahakoshal region of central India

Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 426-436

  Sharma, Anjana ^a   Patel, Virendra Kumar ^a   Ramteke, Padmini ^a  

^a RANI DURGAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica A. Juss; Bacopa monnieri (Linn.) Penn; Central India; Medicinal plants; Pimpinella anisum Linn; Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde; Shigella dysenteriae; Shigellocidal activity; Terminalia chebula Retz; Zingiber officinale Rosc

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BACOPA MONNIERI; MYRRHIS ODORATA; PIMPINELLA ANISUM; SARACA ASOCA; SARACA INDICA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 61949239482     PISSN: 09760504     EISSN: 09760512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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