The antimicrobial activity of essential oils and extracts of some medicinal plants grown in Ash-shoubak region - South of Jordan

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 239-246

  Abu Darwish, Mohammad Sanad ^a   Al Ramamneh, Ezz Al Dein Muhammed ^a   Kyslychenko, Viktoria Sergeevna ^b   Karpiuk, Uliana Vladimirovna ^c  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Ukraine)

^c BOGOMOLETS NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Antibacterial effects; Chlorophormic extracts; Essential oils

Indexed keywords

ANISE OIL; CHLOROFORM; SALVIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; THYME OIL; THYMUS SERPYLLUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANISE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; JORDAN; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYME; THYMUS (PLANT); THYMUS SERPYLLUM;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; JORDAN; OILS, VOLATILE; PIMPINELLA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 84855384458     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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