Investigation of antibacterial effects of garlic (Allium sativum), mint (Menthe spp.) and onion (Allium cepa) herbal extracts on Escherichia coli isolated from broiler chickens

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 10320-10322

  Ziarlarimi, Ahmad ^a   Irani, Mehrdad ^a   Gharahveysi, Shahabodin ^a   Rahmani, Zahra ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibacterial effects; Broiler chickens; Escherichia coli; Garlic; Herbal extracts; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Mint; Onion

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GARLIC EXTRACT; LEVOFLOXACIN; MENTHE EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROILER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; MENTHA;

EID: 80052679501     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.2513     Document Type: Article

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