Antimicrobial potential of gemmo-modified extracts of Terminalia arjuna and Euphorbia tirucalli

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1001-1005

  Jahan, Nazish ^a   Rehman, Khalil Ur ^a   Ali, Shaukat ^a   Bhatti, Ijaz Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Disc diffusion; Euphorbia tirucalli; Gemmomodified; Methanolic extract; Terminalia arjuna

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455172064     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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