Antimicrobial activity and brine shrimp lethality bioassay of the leaves extract of Dillenia indica linn

Journal of Young Pharmacists

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-53

  Apu, A S ^a   Muhit, M A ^a   Tareq, S M ^a   Pathan, A H ^a   Jamaluddin, A T M ^a   Ahmed, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Artemia salina; brine shrimp lethality bioassay; Dillenia indica

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; DILLENIA INDICA EXTRACT; HEXANE; KANAMYCIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DILLENIA INDICA; DILLENIACEAE; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG POTENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL STRAIN; LC 50; LETHALITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 77957941802     PISSN: 09751483     EISSN: 09751505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62213     Document Type: Article

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