Development and biological evaluation of herbal anti-acne gel

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2028-2031

  Sawarkar, H A ^a   Khadabadi, S S ^a   Mankar, D M ^a   Farooqui, I A ^a   Jagtap, N S ^a  

^a Government College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Acne vulgaris; Antibacterial assay; Propionibacterium acnes

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTI ACNE AGENT; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TABERNAEMONTANA DIVARICATA EXTRACT; TEA TREE OIL; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE VULGARIS; ALOE VERA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG SCREENING; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM SANCTUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; TABERNAEMONTANA DIVARICATA;

EID: 77957595062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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