Antimicrobial properties of aqueous extracts from three medicinal plants growing wild in arid regions of Tunisia

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 452-457

  Hammami, Riadh ^a,b   Zouhir, Abdelmajid ^a   Hamida, Jeannette Ben ^a   Neffati, Mohamed ^c   Vergoten, Gérard ^b   Naghmouchi, Karim ^d   Fliss, Ismail ^a,d  

^a University Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^c Arid Region Institute   (Tunisia)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food borne pathogens; Juniperus phoenicea; Oudneya africana; Pistacia atlantica

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLOROFORM; HEXANE; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA EXTRACT; METHANOL; OUDNEYA AFRICANA EXTRACT; PISTACIA ATLANTICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; CUPRESSACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OUDNEYA AFRICANA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PISTACIA ATLANTICA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TUNISIA;

ANACARDIACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICACEAE; CUPRESSACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; PISTACIA; PISTACIA ATLANTICA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 75749156624     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200902822604     Document Type: Article

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