Antibacterial activity of traditional medicinal plants used by Haudenosaunee peoples of New York State

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Frey, Frank M ^a   Meyers, Ryan ^a  

^a Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; HESPERIS MATRONALIS EXTRACT; HIERACIUM PILOSELLA EXTRACT; IPOMOEA PANDURATA EXTRACT; LYCOPODIUM DIGITATUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACHILLEA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAUDENOSAUNEE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; HESPERIS MATRONALIS; HIERACIUM PILOSELLA; HYPOTHESIS; IPOMOEA PANDURATA; LABORATORY TEST; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LYCOPODIUM DIGITATUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROORGANISM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; RANUNCULUS ACRIS; RANUNCULUS ACRIS EXTRACT; ROSA MULTIFLORA; ROSA MULTIFLORA EXTRACT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOLIDAGO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANGIOSPERM; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; IPOMOEA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ACHILLEA; ANGIOSPERMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; IPOMOEA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEW YORK; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOLIDAGO;

EID: 78049388973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-64     Document Type: Article

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