In vitro antibacterial activities of the methanol extract of ziziphus mucronata willd. subsp. mucronata willd

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3791-3795

  Olajuyigbe, O O ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibacterial assay; Macrobroth dilution; Methanol extract; Ziziphus mucronata

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIZIPHUS MUCRONATA EXTRACT;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DYSENTERY; ETHNOBOTANY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; JUJUBE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SUBSPECIES; ZIZIPHUS MUCRONATA;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; ZIZIPHUS MUCRONATA;

EID: 80051916164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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