Screening of antibacterial potentials of some medicinal plants from Melghat forest in India

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 228-232

  Tambekar, D H ^a   Khante, B S ^a   Chandak, B R ^a   Titare, A S ^a   Boralkar, S S ^a   Aghadte, S N ^a  

^a SANT GADGE BABA AMRAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Medicinal plants; Melghat; Phytochemical

Indexed keywords

ACACIA EXTRACT; ACETONE; AILANTHUS EXCELSA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA EXTRACT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS EXTRACT; EMBELIA RIBES EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GARDENIA GUMMIFERA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENTILAGO MADERSPATANA EXTRACT;

AILANTHUS EXCELSA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; EMBELIA RIBES; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOREST; GARDENIA GUMMIFERA; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RURAL AREA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENTILAGO MADERSPATANA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 69249221596     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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