Antibacterial activity in spices and local medicinal plants against clinical isolates of Karachi, Pakistan

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 833-839

  Ali, Nafisa Hassan ^a,b   Faizi, Shaheen ^b   Kazmi, Shahana Urooj ^b  

^a JINNAH MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; hospital acquired infections; medicinal plants; methanol extract; opportunistic bacteria; spices; traditional medicine; water extracts

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANETHUM SOWA EXTRACT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA VULGARIS EXTRACT; BLACK PEPPER EXTRACT; BRASSICA RAPPA EXTRACT; CARROT EXTRACT; CASSIA FISTULA EXTRACT; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFRADINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA EXTRACT; CUMINUM CYMINUM EXTRACT; FICUS CARICA EXTRACT; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; METHANOL; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS EXTRACT; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; OLIVE TREE EXTRACT; PEGANUM HARMALA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSA CENTIFOLIA EXTRACT; SESAMUM SESAME EXTRACT; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WATER;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANETHUM SOWA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEET; BRASSICA RAPPA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARROT; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA; CLOVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMIN; FICUS CARICA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUTMEG; OLIVE TREE; PAKISTAN; PEGANUM HARMALA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROSA CENTIFOLIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SESAMUM SESAME; SPICE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUN; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPICES;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FICUS CARICA; MORACEAE; MYRTACEAE; NITRARIACEAE; OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEACEAE; PEGANUM HARMALA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 79959590562     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2010.551136     Document Type: Article

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