The combination effect of curcumin with different antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus

International Journal of Green Pharmacy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-143

  Moghaddam, Kamyar ^a   Iranshahi, Mehrdad ^b   Yazdi, Mahsa ^b   Shahverdi, Ahmad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Combination effect; Curcumin; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACITRACIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFEPIME; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CURCUMIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77953404952     PISSN: 09738258     EISSN: 19984103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-8258.54906     Document Type: Article

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