Antimicrobial activity of crude epicarp and seed extracts from mature avocado fruit (Persea americana) of three cultivars

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 753-756

  Raymond Chia, Teck Wah ^a,b   Dykes, Gary A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Avocado cultivar; Epicarp; Extracts; Seed

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AVOCADO EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; BROTH DILUTION; DRUG DETERMINATION; EPICARP; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES BAILII;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PERSEA; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAURACEAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; PENICILLIUM; PERSEA AMERICANA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES BAILII;

EID: 77954130070     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903273922     Document Type: Article

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