Disinfection of waterborne coliform bacteria using Luffa cylindrica fruit and seed extracts

Environmental Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1435-1440

  Shaheed, Ameer ^a   Templeton, Michael R ^a   Matthews, Robert L ^b   Tripathi, Sabitri K ^c   Bhattarai, Kiran ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Nepal Engineering College   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Coliform; Disinfection; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; FRUITS; FUMIGATION; POTABLE WATER; SEED; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SURFACE WATERS;

AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; COLIFORM; CONTACT TIME; DOSE-DEPENDENT; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT; FAECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; FAECAL COLIFORMS; FRUIT EXTRACTS; LUFFA CYLINDRICA; TOTAL COLIFORMS;

COLIFORM BACTERIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRINKING WATER; LUFFA CYLINDRICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DICOTYLEDON; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; ESSENTIAL OIL; FRUIT; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; FECAL COLIFORM; FRUIT; LUFFA; LUFFA CYLINDRICA; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

LUFFA AEGYPTIACA;

EID: 70450228796     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330903193485     Document Type: Article

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