Biological screening of araripe basin medicinal plants using Artemia salina Leach and pathogenic bacteria

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 331-334

  Da Costa, José Galberto ^a   Campos, Adriana R ^b   Brito, Samara A ^a   Pereira, Carla Karine B ^a   Souza, Erlânio O ^a   Rodrigues, Fabíola Fernandes G ^a  

^a REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araripe Basin; Artemia salina; ethanol extracts; larvicidal activities; pathogenic bacteria

Indexed keywords

CROTON ZENHTNERI EXTRACT; DIMORPHANDRA GARDINERIANA EXTRACT; GUAPIRA GRACILIFLORA EXTRACT; LANTANA CAMARA EXTRACT; LANTANA MONTEVIDENSIS EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PIPER TUBERCULATUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS EXTRACT; STRYPHNODENDRON ROTUNDIFOLIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOSMOPSIS ARBOREA EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM RHOIFOLIUM EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BARK; BIOASSAY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LARVA; LC 50; LETHALITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SCREENING; SHRIMP; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78149423921     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.71792     Document Type: Article

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