Antimicrobial potential of the selected plant species against some infectious microbes used

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 5247-5253

  Naz, Rabia ^a   Bano, Asghari ^a   Yasmin, Humaira ^a   Samiullah, ^a   Farooq, Uzma ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aqueous extract; Crude extract; Minimum inhibition concentration

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; COLOCYNTH EXTRACT; METHANOL; PENICILLIN G; WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; EVALUATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80054793947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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