Medicinal plants with significant activity against important pathogenic bacteria

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 683-689

  Limsuwan, Surasak ^a   Subhadhirasakul, Sanan ^a   Voravuthikunchai, Supayang Piyawan ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antibacterial assay; Pathogenic bacteria; Piper betle Quercus infectoria; Rhodomyrtus tomentosa; Thai medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA EXTRACT; BETEL EXTRACT; BLACK PEPPER EXTRACT; BOESENBERGIA PANDURATA EXTRACT; CINNAMOMUM BEJOLGHOTA EXTRACT; CINNAMOMUM PORRECTUM EXTRACT; CLEOME GYNANDRA EXTRACT; ELEUTHERINE AMERICANA EXTRACT; GYMNOPETALUM COCHINCHINENSIS EXTRACT; MANILKARA ACHRAS EXTRACT; MILLINGTONIA HORTENSIS EXTRACT; MIMOSA PUDICA EXTRACT; MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; OROXYLUM INDICUM EXTRACT; PELTOPHORUM PTEROCARPUM EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI EXTRACT; PIPER CHABA EXTRACT; PIPER SARMENTOSUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCUS INFECTORIA EXTRACT; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA EXTRACT; RHODOMYRTUS TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA CHEBULA EXTRACT; THEOBROMA CACAO EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WALSURA ROBUSTA EXTRACT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIGNONIACEAE; BOESENBERGIA PANDURATA; CACAO; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM BEJOLGHOTA; CINNAMOMUM PORRECTUM; CLEOME; CLEOME GYNANDRA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CUCUMBER; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELEUTHERINE AMERICANA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; GYMNOPETALUM COCHINCHINENSIS; IRIDACEAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEGUME; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MANILKARA ACHRAS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MILLINGTONIA HORTENSIS; MIMOSA; MIMOSA PUDICA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITRAGYNA; MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; NUT; OAK; OROXYLUM INDICUM; PELTOPHORUM PTEROCARPUM; PIPER BETLE; PIPER CHABA; PIPER SARMENTOSUM; PIPERACEAE; PLANT BULB; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUERCUS INFECTORIA; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RHODOMYRTUS TOMENTOSA; SALMONELLA; SAPODILLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA; WALSURA ROBUSTA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACILLUS CEREUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAGACEAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MYRTACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PIPER BETLE; PIPERACEAE; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUERCUS INFECTORIA; RHODOMYRTUS TOMENTOSA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 77149169145     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200902930415     Document Type: Conference Paper

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