Antibacterial activity of some selected medicinal plants of Pakistan

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bibi, Yamin ^a   Nisa, Sobia ^a   Chaudhary, Fayyaz M ^a   Zia, Muhammad ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AESCULUS INDICA EXTRACT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARISAEMA FLAVUM EXTRACT; CARISSA OPACA EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; DEBREGEASIA SALICIFOLIA EXTRACT; PISTACIA INTEGERRIMA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TOONA CILIATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AESCULUS INDICA; AGAR DIFFUSION; ARISAEMA FLAVUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARISSA OPACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBREGEASIA SALICIFOLIA; DRUG SCREENING; FRACTIONATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PISTACIA INTEGERRIMA; TOONA CILIATA; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; PAKISTAN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 79959636559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-52     Document Type: Article

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