Antibacterial effect of ethanolic and methanolic extracts of Plantago ovata and Oliveria decumbens endemic in Iran against some pathogenic bacteria

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-122

  Motamedi, H ^a   Darabpour, Esmaeil ^a   Gholipour, M ^a   Seyyed Nejad, S M ^a  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Medicinal plants; Oliveria decumbens; Plantago ovata; S. Aureus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBENICILLIN; COLISTIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ISPAGULA; METHANOL; METICILLIN; NAFCILLIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OLIVERIA DECUMBENS EXTRACT; OXACILLIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OLIVERIA DECUMBENS; PLANTAGO OVATA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEED HUSK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 76549092835     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2010.117.122     Document Type: Article

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