Phytotoxic, antibacterial and haemagglutination activities of the aerial parts of Myrsine africana l

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Ahmad, Bashir ^a   Azam, Sadiq ^a   Bashir, Shumaila ^a   Khan, Ibrar ^a   Ali, Niaz ^c   Chaudhary, M Iqbal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial and mic50; Haemagglutination; Myrsine africana; Phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BUTANOL; CHLOROFORM; METHANOL; MYRSINE AFRICANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD GROUP AB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEMNA MINOR; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYRSINE AFRICANA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY;

BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEMNA MINOR; MYRSINE AFRICANA;

EID: 78651417702     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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