Bacteriostatic and bactericidal activities of Andrographis paniculata extracts on skin disease causing pathogenic bacteria

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-14

  Sule, Abubakar ^a   Ahmed, Qamar U ^a   Samah, Othman A ^a   Omar, Muhammad N ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Andrographis paniculata; Antimicrobial activity; Disc diffusion method; Minimum bactericidal concentration; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Skin infections; Time to kill assay

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLAVONOID; GENTAMICIN; METHANOL; PHYTOSTEROL; SAPONIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID; TETRACYCLINE; WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME TO KILL ASSAY;

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 79551692634     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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