Extracts of edible and medicinal plants damage membranes of vibrio cholerae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 6888-6894

  Sánchez, Eduardo ^a   García, Santos ^a   Heredia, Norma ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; ATP SYNTHESIS; EDIBLE PLANTS; FLUOROGENICS; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNAL PH; MEDICINAL PLANTS; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; METHANOLIC EXTRACTS; NATURAL COMPOUNDS; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; PLANT EXTRACT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; MEMBRANES; MICROORGANISMS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CACTUS; CYTOPLASM; HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMBRANE; PH; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PH; PLANT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ACACIA; ACACIA FARNESIANA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA LUDOVICIANA; CACTACEAE; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77958569243     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03052-09     Document Type: Article

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