Antimicrobial activity of crude ethanolic extract from Eleutherine americana

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1233-1236

  Ifesan, Beatrice O T ^a   Ibrahim, Darah ^b   Voravuthikunchai, Supayang P ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Eleutherine americana; Food spoilage organisms; Foodborne pathogens; Fungi

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ELEUTHERINE AMERICANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ELEUTHERINE AMERICAN EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOSTASIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELEUTHERINE AMERICANA; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROSPORUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; YERSINIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DERMATOPHYTE; ELEUTHERINE AMERICAN; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SPOILAGE; FUNGUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; YEAST;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ELEUTHERINE; ERWINIA; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; PENICILLIUM; POSIBACTERIA; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 78751650763     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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