Screening antimicrobial activity of various extracts of Gracilaria changii

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-76

  Sasidharan, Sreenivasan ^a,b   Darah, Ibrahim ^a   Noordin, Mohd Kassim Mohd Jain ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Disk diffusion method; Gracilaria changii

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GRACILARIA CHANGII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG ISOLATION; GRACILARIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; GRACILARIA CHANGII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 74049158329     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200802434161     Document Type: Article

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