Antibacterial effect (in vitro) of moringa oleifera and annona muricata against gram positive and gram negative bacteria

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 129-132

  Vieira, Gustavo Hitzschky Fernandes ^a   Mourão, Jozeanne Alves ^a   Ângelo, Ângela Maria ^a   Costa, Renata Albuquerque ^b   Vieira, Regine Helena Silva dos Fernandes ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL VALE DO ACARAÚ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Annona muricata; Antibacterial effect; Moringa oleifera

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; WATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANNONA; ANNONA MURICATA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PLANT SEED; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHRIMP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CICHLID; DRUG EFFECTS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PENAEIDAE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR ENTERITIDIS;

ANIMALS; ANNONA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CICHLIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PENAEIDAE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77954848118     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652010000300003     Document Type: Article

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