Antimicrobial activities of ten medicinal plants used in the folk medicine of Libya

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 853, Issue , 2010, Pages 419-422

  Abdelsalam, H ^a   Bogdadi, A ^a  

^a SEBHA UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Folk medicine; Libyan medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 77951788376     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.853.51     Document Type: Article

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