Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants against multidrug resistant skin pathogens

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3856-3860

  Obeidat, Maher ^a  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Plant part; Skin pathogens

Indexed keywords

ECBALIUM ELATERIUM EXTRACT; EMINIUM SPICULATUM EXTRACT; GUNDELIA TOURNEFORTII EXTRACT; LUPINUS VARIUS EXTRACT; MANDRAGORA AUTUMNALIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ECBALIUM ELATERIUM; EMINIUM SPICULATUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWER; FRUIT; GUNDELIA TOURNEFORTII; LUPINUS VARIUS; MANDRAGORA AUTUMNALIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EMINIUM SPICULATUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LUPINUS VARIUS; MANDRAGORA AUTUMNALIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 80051934862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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