In vitro and in vivo antibacterial activities of root extract of tissue cultured Pluchea indica (L.) Less. against bacillary dysentery

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 78-84

  Pramanik, Kartick Chandra ^a   Chatterjee, Tapan Kumar ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Pluchea indica root; Sh. flexneri 2a NK 307; Tissue cultured

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUCHEA INDICA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILEUM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PLUCHEA INDICA; RABBIT; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 69749107554     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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