Antibacterial activity of seed extracts of Argemone mexicana L. on some pathogenic bacterial strains

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7077-7081

  Singh, Santosh Kumar ^a   Pandey, Vidya Dhar ^b   Singh, Aradhana ^a   Singh, Chandan ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Government Post Graduate College   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Argemone mexicana; Disk diffusion method; Drug resistant

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARGEMONE OIL; CHLOROFORM; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGEMONE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ARGEMONE MEXICANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PAPAVERACEAE; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 74549162259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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