Antimicrobial efficacy of fruit extracts of two Piper species against selected bacterial and oral fungal pathogens

Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-426

  Aneja, Kamal Rai ^a   Joshi, Radhika ^a   Sharma, Chetan ^a   Aneja, Ashish ^b  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Haryana Government   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial or antifungal activity; Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC); Oral pathogens; Piper cubeba; Piper longum

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650664752     PISSN: 16773217     EISSN: 16773225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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