Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial assessment of leaf extracts of excoecaria agallocha l.: A mangal species of Bhitarkanika, Orissa, India

Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-246

  Patra, Jayanta Kumar ^a   Panigrahi, Tapan Kumar ^a   Rath, Sakti Kanta ^a   Dhal, Nabin Kumar ^b   Thatoi, Hrudyanath ^a  

^a North Orissa University ^*  (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Excoecaria agallocha; Mangrove; Phytochemicals

Indexed keywords

EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 77049106334     PISSN: 19950772     EISSN: 19981090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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