Evaluation of antibacterial activity of some lichen from Ravangla, Sikkim, India

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 23-28

  Sinha, Sankar Narayan ^a   Biswas, Mrinal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Escherichia coli; Lichen; Shigella dysenteriae; Shigella flexneri; Staphylococcus aureus; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLADONIA MITIS EXTRACT; EVERNIASTRUM NEPALENSE EXTRACT; METHANOL; PARMOTREMA RETICULATUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USNEA BAILEYI EXTRACT; WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLADONIA MITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVERNIASTRUM NEPALENSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; LICHENS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARMOTREMA RETICULATUM; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; USNEA BAILEYI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84855500994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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