Antimicrobial activity analysis of extracts of Acacia modesta, Artimisia absinthium, Nigella sativa and Saussurea lappa against gram positive and gram negative microorganisms

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4574-4580

  Khalid, Anwar ^a   Uzair ur Rehman, ^a   Sethi, Ayesha ^b   Khilji, Sonia ^c   Fatima, Urooj ^d   Khan, Muhammad Imran ^d   Waqas, Muhammad Khurram ^d   Najam us Saqib, Qazi ^e   Hassham, Muhammad ^a   Asad, Hassan Bin ^e   Farzana, Kalsoom ^d   Mahmood, Seema ^e   Waseem, Aamir ^d   Ismail, Tariq ^e   Murtaza, Ghulam ^e  

^a Hazara University Garden Campus ^*  (Pakistan)

^b Department of Pharmacy   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FAISALABAD   (Pakistan)

^d COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^e BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acacia modesta; Bacillus subtalis; Gentamycine; Gram negative; Gram positive; Herbs; Methanolic extract

Indexed keywords

ACACIA MODESTA EXTRACT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM EXTRACT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAUSSUREA LAPPA EXTRACT; TRANEXAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACACIA; ACACIA MODESTA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACACIA MODESTA; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NIGELLA SATIVA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SAUSSUREA LAPPA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79957953691     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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