Assessment of Euphorbia hirta L. leaf, flower, stem and root extracts for their antibacterial and antifungal activity and brine shrimp lethality

Molecules

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 6008-6018

  Rajeh, Mohammad Abu Basma ^a   Zuraini, Zakaria ^a   Sasidharan, Sreenivasan ^b   Latha, Lachimanan Yoga ^b   Amutha, Santhanam ^b,c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

^c MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Artemia salina napulii; Euphoribia hirta; MIC; SEM; Time kill assay

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EUPHORBIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTEMIA; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUPHORBIA; METHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STRUCTURES; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 77957307580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules15096008     Document Type: Article

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