A study of antimicrobial activity of few medicinally important herbal single drugs extracted in ethanol, methanol and aqueous solvents

Pharmacognosy Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 351-356

  Mateen, Ayesha ^a   Ahmed, Parwez ^a   Gupta, V C ^a   Ahmed, Mushtaq ^a   Uddin, Amin ^b   Shamshul, Arfin ^b   Janardhan, K ^c  

^a ESIS Hospital   (India)

^b Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine   (India)

^c AV College   (India)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial; Extracts; Herbal drugs

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METHANOL; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; OCIMUM CANNUM EXTRACT; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SMILAX CHINA EXTRACT; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FENUGREEK; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SARSAPARILLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77953577307     PISSN: 09753575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0975-3575(10)80108-7     Document Type: Article

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