Antibacterial and anticandidal screening of Tunisian Citrullus colocynthis Schrad. from Medenine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 344-349

  Marzouk, Belsem ^a   Marzouk, Zohra ^a   Décor, Rachel ^b   Edziri, Hayet ^a   Haloui, Ehsen ^a   Fenina, Nadia ^a   Aouni, Mahjoub ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b BCT Consulting   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acetone extract; Antibacterial; Anticandidal; Aqueous extract; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; COLOCYNTH EXTRACT; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; FUNGAL STRAIN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUNISIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA; CITRULLUS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STRUCTURES; TUNISIA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CUCURBITACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 68949167654     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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