In vitro antibacterial activity of n-Hexane fraction of methanolic extract of Plumeria rubra L. (Apocynaceae) stem bark

Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 135-142

  Dey, Abhijit ^a   Das, Trisha ^a   Mukherjee, Souryadeep ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

American type culture collection; Colony forming units; Minimum inhibitory concentration; N hexane; Plumeria rubra

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855176078     PISSN: 18164951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jps.2011.135.142     Document Type: Article

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