Assaying the variation in secondary metabolites of St. John's wort for its better use as an antibiotic

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-224

  Nikolic, Goran S ^a   Zlatkovic, Sasa Z ^b  

^a Faculty of Technology   (Serbia)

^b Actavis Trading Ltd   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Hyperforin; Imanin; Plant vegetation; St. John's wort

Indexed keywords

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS DIPHTERIAE; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BIENNIAL PLANT; CLIMATE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUS; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; FLOWER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT INTENSITY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SUBURBAN AREA; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; WILD PLANT;

BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS PUMILUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; HYPERICUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 77649144062     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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