Activity of some plant extracts against multi-drug resistant human pathogens

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-300

  Oskay, Mustafa ^a   Oskay, Dilek ^a   Kalyoncu, Fatih ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Clinical isolate; Drug resistant; Medicinal plants; Turkish

Indexed keywords

ARTERMISIA ARBORESCENS EXTRACT; CARPOBROTUS ACINACIFORMIS EXTRACT; CITRUS RETICULATA EXTRACT; CONYZA CANADENSIS EXTRACT; CORNUS EXTRACT; CORNUS SANGUINEA EXTRACT; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA PEPLUS EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; INULA VISCOSA EXTRACT; LIQUIDAMBAR ORIENTALIS EXTRACT; LONICERA JAPONICA EXTRACT; MIRABILIS JALAPA EXTRACT; NERIUM OLEANDER EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; PYRACANTHA COCCINEA EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; THUJA ORIENTALIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITIS VINIFERA EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CONYZA; CORNUS; CORNUS SANGUINEA; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA PEPLUS; GRAPE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INULA; INULA VISCOSA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR ORIENTALIS; MANDARIN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MIRABILIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POMEGRANATE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYRACANTHA; ROSEMARY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THUJA;

EID: 76249094435     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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