Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of Terminalia chebula retz. fruit in different solvents

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-116

  Parekh, Jigna ^a   Chanda, Sumitra ^a  

^a SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Combretaceae

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CHLOROFORM; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; PETROLEUM ETHER; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERMINALIA CHEBULA EXTRACT; WATER;

AGAR; ALKALOID; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; ETHANOL; FRUIT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; YEAST;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM RUBRUM; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LUTEOLUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MUCOR; MUCOR HIEMALIS WEHMER; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SUBFAVA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII;

ALCALIGENES; ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; COMBRETACEAE; CRYPTOCOCCUS LUTEOLUS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MUCOR HIEMALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHODOCOCCUS CORYNEBACTERIOIDES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII;

EID: 72449157115     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J044v13n02_10     Document Type: Article

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