Effect of ethanolic extract of Ecballium elaterium against Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 456-460

  Adwan, Ghaleb ^a   Salameh, Yousef ^a   Adwan, Kamel ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Ecballium elaterium; Medicinal plant; MRSA; Plant extract; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIFONAZOLE; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM EXTRACT; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SCREENING; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM; FRACTIONAL INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION INDEX; FRUIT; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; CUCURBITACEAE; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CUCURBITACEAE; DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 81155144361     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60100-7     Document Type: Article

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