Assessment of tamarindus indica extracts for antibacterial activity

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6385-6396

  Nwodo, Uchechukwu U ^a   Obiiyeke, Grace E ^b   Chigor, Vincent N ^a   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Extracts; Tamarind; Tamarindus indica

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; COLD WATER; FLAVONOID; HOT WATER; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; SAPONIN; SUGAR; TAMARIND EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARK; BROTH DILUTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT (STRUCTURE); FRUIT PULP; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA KINTAMBO; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAMARIND; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ETHANOL; FRUIT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; TAMARINDUS; WATER;

EID: 80055037186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12106385     Document Type: Article

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