Antibacterial properties of some wild leafy vegetables of the eastern cape province, South Africa

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2624-2628

  Jaca, T P ^a   Kambizi, L ^a  

^a WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Bidens bipinnata; Physalis peruvian; Rumex obtusifolius; Taraxacum officinale; Wild vegetables

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIDENS BIPINNATA EXTRACT; PHYSALIS PERUVIANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS EXTRACT; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIDENS; BIDENS BIPINNATA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDELION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG USE; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD INTAKE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HERBAL MEDICINE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSALIS; PHYSALIS PERUVIANA; RUMEX; RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS; SOUTH AFRICA; WILD PLANT;

BIDENS BIPINNATA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHYSALIS; PHYSALIS PERUVIANA; POSIBACTERIA; RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 79961047756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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