Antimicrobial activity of the fruit extracts of Coccinia indica

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7073-7076

  Shaheen, Syed Zeenat ^a   Bolla, Krishna ^a   Vasu, Kandukuri ^a   Singara Charya, M A ^a  

^a KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Coccinia indica; Phytochemical analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COCCINIA INDICA EXTRACT; ELLAGIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; COCCINIA INDICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

COCCINIA GRANDIS; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 74549213933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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