Antimicrobial studies of Cosmos caudatus Kunth. (Compositae)

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 669-673

  Rasdi, Nor Hafipah Md ^a   Samah, Othman Abd ^a   Sule, Abubakar ^a   Ahmed, Qamar U ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Cosmos caudatus kunth; Fungi; Gram negative bacteria; Gram positive; MIC

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COSMOS CAUDATUS EXTRACT; ETHER; HEXANE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMOS (GENUS); COSMOS CAUDATUS; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECIES COMPARISON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ASTERACEAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COSMOS CAUDATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77951913477     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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