Broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties of medicinally important plant Jatropha curcas L

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 11-14

  Sharma, Amit ^a   Saxena, Sonal ^a   Rani, Uzma ^a   Rajore, Shilpa ^a   Batra, Amla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

B. subtilis; E. coli; Ethanolic extract; Jatropha curcas L.; P. aeruginosa; P. fluorescens; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

JATROPHA CURCAS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79952028619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0976044X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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