Antibacterial activity of various fractions of ethyl acetate extract from the desert truffle, Tirmania pinoyi, preliminarily analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 47, 2011, Pages 9694-9699

  Dib Bellahouel, S ^a   Fortas, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Ascocarps; Desert truffle; Edible fungi; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Tirmania pinoyi

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PLANT EXTRACT; TIRMANIA PINOYI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ALGERIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIRMANIA PINOYI;

EID: 80052180402     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.2687     Document Type: Article

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