Anti-tuberculosis activity of selected medicinal plants against multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 809-813

  Gupta, Renu ^a   Thakur, Bandana ^a   Singh, Pushpendra ^b   Singh, H B ^b   Sharma, V D ^b   Katoch, V M ^b,c   Chauhan, S V S ^a  

^a DR B R AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acalypha indica; Adhatoda vasica; Allium cepa; Allium sativum; Aloe vera; Anti tuberculosis activity

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA INDICA EXTRACT; ADHATODA VASICA EXTRACT; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ADHATODA; ADHATODA VASICA; ALOE VERA; ANTITUBERCULOSIS ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOVE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ACTIVITY; GARLIC; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONION; PLANT LEAF; ALOE; CHEMISTRY; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS;

ADHATODA; ALOE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; GARLIC; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ONIONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 77953331533     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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