In vitro antimicrobial activity of four Ficus carica latex fractions against resistant human pathogens (antimicrobial activity of Ficus carica latex)

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-58

  Aref, Houda Lazreg ^a   Salah, Karima Bel Hadj ^b   Chaumont, Jean Pierre ^c   Fekih, Abdelwaheb ^d   Aouni, Mahjoub ^b   Said, Khaled ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c Faculté de Pharmacie   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Dermatophytes; Ficus carica; Latex; Organic extracts

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CHLOROFORM; HEXANOIC ACID; LATEX; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FICUS; FICUS CARICA; FUNGAL STRAIN; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FICUS; FUNGI; LATEX; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOLVENTS; TUNISIA;

EID: 75649149882     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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