Antibacterial activities of Coccinia grandis L.

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1259-1262

  Farrukh, Umbreen ^a   Shareef, Huma ^b   Mahmud, Shaukat ^c   Ali, Syed Ayub ^a   Rizwani, Ghazala H ^d  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b ZIAUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Baqai University Karachi   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; COCCINIA GRANDIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA BOYDII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 62249130110     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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