Post-antibacterial effect of thymol

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 633-636

  Zarrini, Gholamreza ^a   Delgosha, Zahra Bahari ^a   Moghaddam, Kamyar Mollazadeh ^b   Shahverdi, Ahmad Reza ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Post antibacterial activity; Thymol

Indexed keywords

THYMOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIA; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THYMOL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952910008     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903229098     Document Type: Article

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