The ethnopharmacological study on antibacterial activity of some selected plants used in Iranian traditional medicine

Journal of Medicinal Plants

Volumn 8, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 50-57

  Ahmadian Attari, M M ^a   Monsef Esfahani, H R ^b   Amin, G R ^b   Fazeli, M R ^b   Jamalifar, H ^b   Kamalinia, G ^b   Khanlarbeik, M ^b   Ashtiani, H ^b   Farsam, Hassan ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti infective agents; Ethnopharmacology; Herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS LIVIDUS EXTRACT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARNEBIA EUCHROMA EXTRACT; CANNABIS; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; HERACLEUM PERSICUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHUS CORIARIA EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM POLIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA EXTRACT; ZEA MAYS EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IRAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ARNEBIA EUCHROMA; HERACLEUM PERSICUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; TEUCRIUM POLIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77950472554     PISSN: 2717204X     EISSN: 27172058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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