In vitro assay for the anti-brucella activity of medicinal plants against tetracycline-resistant Brucella melitensis

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 506-511

  Motamedi, Hossein ^a   Darabpour, Esmaeil ^a   Gholipour, Mahnaz ^a   Seyyed Nejad, Seyyed Mansour ^a  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Brucella melitensis; Brucellosis; Medicinal plant; Oliveria decumbens

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; CORDIA MYXA EXTRACT; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; DOXYCYCLINE; FERULAGO ANGULATA EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN; ISPAGULA; METICILLIN; NAFCILLIN; OLIVERIA DECUMBENS EXTRACT; OXACILLIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SALVIA SCLAREA EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TEUCRIUM POLIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEX NEGUNDO EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CORDIA; CORDIA MYXA; CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG POTENTIATION; FERULAGO ANGULATA; GERMANDER; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OLIVERIA DECUMBENS; PLANTAGO OVATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVIA; SALVIA SCLAREA; TEUCRIUM POLIUM; VITEX NEGUNDO;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

ACER; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CORDIA MYXA; CROCUS SATIVUS; FERULAGO; PLANTAGO OVATA; SALVIA SCLAREA; TEUCRIUM POLIUM; VITEX;

EID: 77955195690     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0900365     Document Type: Article

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