Antimicrobial activity and in vitro cytotoxicity of selected South African Helichrysum species

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 229-235

  Lourens, A C U ^a   Van Vuuren, S F ^b   Viljoen, A M ^c   Davids, H ^d   Van Heerden, F R ^e  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^d NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Asteraceae; Cytotoxicity; Helichrysum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROFORM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; INHIBITOR; METHANOL; TOXICITY;

ASTERACEAE; BACILLUS CEREUS; HELICHRYSUM; HELICHRYSUM RUGULOSUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78651512464     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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