Anti-bacterial activity of Acorus calamus and some of its derivates against fish pathogen Aeromonas hydrophila

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 538-547

  Bhuvaneswari, R ^a   Balasundaram, Chellam ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acorus calamus; Aeromonas hydrophila; Compounds isolation; Essential oil fraction; In vitro screening; Structure determination

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA ASARONE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACORUS CALAMUS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FISH; IC 50; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ACORUS CALAMUS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 73549097116     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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