Antibacterial assay of Cinnamomum cassia (Nees and Th. Nees) Nees ex Blume Bark and Thymus vulgaris L. leaf extracts against five pathogens

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 280-282

  Al Saghir, Mohannad G ^a  

^a Ohio University Zanesville   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial assay; Cinnamomum cassia; MIC; Plant extracts; Thymus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CINNAMOMUM CASSIA EXTRACT; THYMUS EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CINNAMOMUM AROMATICUM; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 67650675458     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2009.280.282     Document Type: Article

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