Termite usage associated with antibiotic therapy: Enhancement of aminoglycoside antibiotic activity by natural products of Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky 1855)

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 35-

  Coutinho, Henrique D M ^a   Vasconcellos, Alexandre ^b   Lima, Micheline A ^c   Almeida Filho, Geraldo G ^d   Alves, Rômulo R N ^e  

^a REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; NEOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOPTERA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASUTITERMES CORNIGER; NONHUMAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 70449372544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-9-35     Document Type: Article

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