Parasiticidal, antifungal and antibacterial activities of Onosma griffithii Vatke

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5084-5087

  Ahmad, B ^a   Ali, N ^a,c   Bashir, S ^a   Choudhary, M I ^b   Azam, S ^d   Khan, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Antibacterial and IC50 values; Antifungal; Antileishmanial; Parasiticidal

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; ONOSMA GRIFFITHII EXTRACT; PENTAMIDINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BORAGINACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; FUSARIUM SOLANI; IC 50; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; ONOSMA GRIFFITHII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; ONOSMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70350438235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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