Screening for alternative antibiotics: An investigation into the antimicrobial activities of medicinal food plants of mauritius

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Mahomoodally, M F ^a   Gurib Fakim, A ^a   Subratty, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Endemic; Exotic; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLVENT;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BASIL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEUTEROMYCETES; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAURITIUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; OCIMUM; ROSALES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASTERACEAE; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MAURITIUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; OCIMUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; ROSALES; SOLVENTS;

ASTERACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; PITTOSPORACEAE; PITTOSPORUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77953897861     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01555.x     Document Type: Article

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