Justification for the use of Ocimum gratissimum L in herbal medicine and its interaction with disc antibiotics

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 37-

  Nweze, Emeka I ^a,b   Eze, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGLYCONE; ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FAT; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; KETOCONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; OIL; STREPTOMYCIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL STRAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN INFECTION; SPICE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 70449514113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-9-37     Document Type: Article

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