In vitro susceptibility of the Gram-negative bacterium Helicobacter pylori to extracts of Iranian medicinal plants

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-80

  Atapour, Manijeh ^a   Zahedi, Mohammad Javad ^a   Mehrabani, Mitra ^a,b   Safavi, Maliheh ^d   Keyvanfard, Vahid ^a   Foroughi, Akram ^a   Siavoshi, Farideh ^c   Foroumadi, Alireza ^a,d  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti Helicobacter pylori activity; Iranian medicinal plants; Methanol extract

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS EXTRACT; BUNIUM PERSICUM EXTRACT; CARUM CARVI EXTRACT; HERACLEUM PERSICUM EXTRACT; MYRTUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PIMPINELLA ANISUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SALVIA MIRZAYANII EXTRACT; SALVIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM POLIUM EXTRACT; TRACHYSPERMUM COPTICUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA EXTRACT;

ANGIOSPERM; ANISE; APIALES; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BUNIUM PERSICUM; CARAWAY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FLOWER; FRUIT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERACLEUM PERSICUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SALVIA MIRZAYANII; TRACHYSPERMUM COPTICUM; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA;

APIACEAE; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS; ASTERACEAE; BUNIUM PERSICUM; CARUM CARVI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERACLEUM PERSICUM; LAMIACEAE; MYRTACEAE; MYRTUS COMMUNIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NIGELLA SATIVA; PIMPINELLA ANISUM; RANUNCULACEAE; SALVIA; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; TEUCRIUM POLIUM; TRACHYSPERMUM COPTICUM; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA;

EID: 77149170106     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200802434401     Document Type: Article

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