Phytochemicals screening and antimicrobial activities of selected medicinal plants of Khyberpakhtunkhwa Pakistan

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 746-750

  Hussain, Iqbal ^a   Khattak, Moneeb Ur Rehman ^a   Ullah, Riaz ^a,c   Muhammad, Zia ^a   Khan, Naeem ^a   Khan, Farhat Ali ^b   Ullah, Zahoor ^c   Haider, Sajjad ^c  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activities; Medicinal plants; Phytochemical analysis

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FLAVONOID; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; NERIUM OLEANDER EXTRACT; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; RANUNCULUS REPENS EXTRACT; SAPONIN; TANNIN; TECOMA STANS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIGNONIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS REPENS; TECOMA STANS; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 79960268299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJPP11.175     Document Type: Article

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