Antibacterial activities of some plant extracts alone and in combination with different antimicrobials against multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 266-269

  Adwan, Ghaleb ^a   Abu Shanab, Bassam ^a   Adwan, Kamel ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Medicinal plants; Palestine; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Rhus coriaria; Rosa damascena; Sacropoterium spinosum; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALEXIN; ENROFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PLANT EXTRACT; RHUS CORIARIA EXTRACT; ROSA DAMASCENA EXTRACT; SACROPOTERIUM SPINOSUM EXTRACT; SULFADIMETHOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; FLOWER; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHUS CORIARIA; ROSA DAMASCENA; SACROPOTERIUM SPINOSUM;

EID: 77951762797     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60064-8     Document Type: Article

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