Evaluation of antimicrobial potential of some Indian medicinal plants against some pathogenic microbes

Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-228

  Chanda, Sumitra ^a   Kaneria, Mital ^a   Vaghasiya, Yogesh Kumar ^a  

^a SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Cold percolation method; Ocimum basilicum; Peltophorum ferrugineum; Phyllanthus fraternus; Triumfetta rotundifolia; Zizyphus nummularia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PELTOPHORUM; PHYLLANTHUS FRATERNUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; ROTUNDIFOLIA; TRIUMFETTA; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS NUMMULARIA;

EID: 79960143972     PISSN: 09760504     EISSN: 09760512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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