Antibacterial efficacy of the seed extracts of Melia azedarach against some hospital isolated human pathogenic bacterial strains

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 452-455

  Khan, Abdul Viqar ^a   Ahmed, Qamar Uddin ^b   Mir, M Ramzan ^a   Shukla, Indu ^a   Khan, Athar Ali ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial efficacy; Melia azedarach; Pathogenic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BENZENE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; MELIA AZEDARACH EXTRACT; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MELIA AZEDARACH; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; MELIA AZEDARACH; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS;

EID: 79959450677     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60099-3     Document Type: Article

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