Assessment of antibacterial activity of three plants used in Pakistan to cure respiratory diseases

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7082-7086

  Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^a   Khan, Irfan ^b   Naz, Shamma ^c   Hussain, Altaf ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial assay; Glycyrrhiza glabra; Hyssopus officinalis; Justicia adhatoda

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLOROFORM; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; JUSTICIA ADHATODA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 74549146861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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