The mode of antistaphylococcal action of Eleutherine americana

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-201

  Ifesan, Beatrice Olawumi Temilade ^a   Joycharat, Nantiya ^a   Voravuthikunchai, S P ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antimethicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Cytoplasmic leakage; Eleutherine americana; Membrane morphology

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ELEUTHERINE AMERICANA EXTRACT; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELEUTHERINE AMERICANA; HERB; INOCULATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IRIDACEAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLANT EXTRACTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70349663936     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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