Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants from Malaysia

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1613-1617

  Philip, Koshy ^a   Malek, Sri Nurestri Abd ^a   Sani, Wirakarnain ^a   Shin, Sim Kae ^a   Kumar, Saravana ^a   Lai, Hong Sok ^a   Serm, Lee Guan ^a   Rahman, Syarifah N S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agar disc diffusion assay; Antimicrobial activity; Malaysia medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950974837     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2009.1613.1617     Document Type: Article

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