Antibacterial activities of the crude ethanol extracts of medicinal plants against Listeria monocytogenes and some other pathogenic strains

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 4251-4258

  Bayoub, Kaoutar ^a   Baibai, Tarik ^a   Mountassif, Driss ^b   Retmane, Abdelaziz ^b   Soukri, Abdelaziz ^a  

^a Université HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b Faculty of Sciences   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Ethanol extract; Listeria monocytogenes; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA EXTRACT; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; CISTUS SALVIFOLIUS EXTRACT; EUGENIA CARYOPHYLATA EXTRACT; LAVANDULA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; LIPPIA CITRIODORA EXTRACT; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA EXTRACT; MENTHA SUAVEOLENS EXTRACT; PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSA CENTIFOLIA EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; THYMUS SERPYLLUM EXTRACT; THYMUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CISTUS; CISTUS SALVIFOLIUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUGENIA; EUGENIA CARYOPHYLATA; FOOD POISONING; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LAVANDULA OFFICINALIS; LAVENDER; LIPPIA; LIPPIA CITRIODORA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MENTHA; MENTHA SUAVEOLENS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS; ROSA CENTIFOLIA; ROSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THYME; THYMUS SERPYLLUM;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CISTUS; CISTUS SALVIIFOLIUS; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA; MENTHA; MENTHA SUAVEOLENS; PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS; ROSA CENTIFOLIA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; THYMUS PRAECOX ARCTICUS; THYMUS SERPYLLUM; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 77954937528     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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