Biological evaluation of wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 628-633

  Ateeq Ur Rehman, ^c   Mannan, Abdul ^a   Inayatullah, Samia ^a   Akhtar, M Zaeem ^a   Qayyum, Mazhar ^b   Mirza, Bushra ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Antibacterial; Antifungal; Antimicrobial; Antitumor; Bioassay; Brine shrimp; Lemna; Radish seed; Thymus serpyllum; Wild thyme

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; THYMUS SERPYLLUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNARIA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARACEAE; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GERMINATION; LEMNA MINOR; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PICKETII; RADISH; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SETUBAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYME; THYMUS SERPYLLUM;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTEMIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THYMUS PRAECOX ARCTICUS; THYMUS SERPYLLUM;

EID: 77149178768     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200902915622     Document Type: Article

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