Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial potential of Andrographis ovata Clarke

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 5033-5036

  Alagesaboopathi, Chinnappan ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

Author keywords

Acanthaceae; Agar well diffusion method; Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Leaves extracts; Medicinal plant; Ndrographis ovata; Phytochemical

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ANDROGRAPHIS OVATA EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROID; STEROL; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGRAPHIS; ANDROGRAPHIS OVATA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUCILAGE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM NOTATUM; PENICILLIUM PINOPHILUM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACANTHACEAE; ANDROGRAPHIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMERICELLA NIDULANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM PINOPHILUM; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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