Antibacterial, cytotoxic and phytochemical screening of some traditional medicinal plants in Brazil

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-52

  Bouzada, Maria L M ^a   Fabri, Rodrigo L ^a   Nogueira, Mauro ^a   Konno, Tatiana U P ^b   Duarte, Gizele G ^a   Scio, Elita ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Artemia salina; Cytotoxicity; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; EUGENIA UNIFLORA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BACCHARIS DRACUNCULIFOLIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BRAZIL; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; IC 50; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEONURUS SIBIRICUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIKANIA GLOMERATA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PIGEONPEA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SOLANUM CONCINNUM; SOLANUM PALINACANTHUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; BACCHARIS DRACUNCULIFOLIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAJANUS CAJAN; CONCINNUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEONURUS SIBIRICUS; MIKANIA GLOMERATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SOLANUM; SOLANUM PALINACANTHUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77349116391     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200802411771     Document Type: Article

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