Isolation and identification of antimicrobial compound from Mentha longifolia L. leaves grown wild in Iraq

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Al Bayati, Firas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; MENTHOL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRAQ; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENTHA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; IRAQ; MENTHA; MENTHOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 67650770326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-8-20     Document Type: Article

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