Antibacterial activity of some selected plants of Swat valley

Bioscience Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-18

  Ullah, S ^a   Abbasi, M A ^a   Raza, M A ^a   Khan, S U ^b   Muhammad, B ^b   Aziz ur Rehman, ^a   Mughal, M A S ^a  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Agar well diffusion assayxs; Antimicrobial activity; Hedera nepalensis; Paeonia emodi; Rubia manjithI

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEDERA; HEDERA NEPALENSIS; PAEONIA; PAEONIA EMODI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUBIA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SESAMUM INDICUM; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84855377096     PISSN: 18119506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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