Antibacterial activity of Ballota Limbata against potential multidrug resistant human pathogens (Running head: Antibacterial activity of B. Limbata against potential Mdr pathogens)

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1611-1614

  Ahmed, Dildar ^a   Mansha, Muhammad ^a   Hannan, Abdul ^b   Barkaat, Muhammad ^b   Bibi, Nazia ^c  

^a FORMAN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE A CHARTERED UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Agar well diffusion method; MICs; MRSA; VSE

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949888588     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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