Biological screening of seventeen medicinal plants used in the traditional systems of medicine in Pakistan for antimicrobial activities

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 335-340

  Malik, Farnaz ^a   Mirza, Tahira ^a   Riaz, Humayun ^b   Hameed, Abdul ^c   Hussain, Shahzad ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial properties; Crude extracts; Pakistani medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPHOLEDUS TINUIPHOLIUS EXTRACT; AZADIRECTA INDICA EXTRACT; BERBERIS ARISTATA EXTRACT; BERGINIA CILIATA EXTRACT; CALOTROPICS PROCERA EXTRACT; CEDRELLA TOONA EXTRACT; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS EXTRACT; HEXANE; LAWSONIA ALBA EXTRACT; MELIA AZDIRECTA EXTRACT; MYRTUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PUNICIA GRANATUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPHOLEDUS TINUIPHOLIUS; AZADIRECTA INDICA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BERBERIS ARISTATA; BERGINIA CILIATA; CALOTROPICS PROCERA; CEDRELLA TOONA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LAWSONIA ALBA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIA AZDIRECTA; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PUNICIA GRANATUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77954674760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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