Antimicrobial screening of some plants of medicinal importance

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1773-1775

  Mehjabeen, ^a   Ahmad, Mansoor ^b   Jahan, Noor ^c   Zia Ul Haq, M ^b   Mehboob Alam, S ^d   Wazir, Asma ^b   Saeedul Hassan, ^e  

^a FEDERAL URDU UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^d Department of Pharmacology   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CITROBACTER; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DRYOBALANOPS; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; MACROPHOMINA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES; SHIGELLA; SOLANUM NIGRUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ALDOVAE;

EID: 79959655346     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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