Phytochemical screening and antibacterial properties of Allium roseum L., a wild edible species in north africa

Journal of Food Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 699-714

  Najjaa, Hanen ^a,b   Zouari, Sami ^a   Ammar, Emna ^b   Neffati, Mohamed ^a  

^a Arid Area Institute   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS; HERBAL MEDICINES; HERBAL REMEDIES; IRIDOIDS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NORTH AFRICA; ORGANIC EXTRACTS; PETROLEUM ETHER; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TUNISIA; WIDE SPECTRUM;

BACTERIA; DICHLOROMETHANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; ETHERS; METHANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SUGARS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ALLIUM ROSEUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 79958238842     PISSN: 01458884     EISSN: 17454514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4514.2010.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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