Antimicrobial and phytotoxic screening of various fractions of Sonchus asper

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 3883-3887

  Khan, Rahmat Ali ^a   Khan, Muhammad Rashid ^a   Sahreen, Sumaira ^a   Bokhari, Jasia ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Escherichia coli; Phototoxicity; Sonchus asper

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN; SONCHUS ASPER EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADISH; SONCHUS; SONCHUS ASPER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SONCHUS ASPER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77954878029     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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