Activity of saponin fraction of anisopus mannii against some pathogenic microorganisms

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 6709-6713

  Aliyu, A B ^a   Musa, A M ^a   Abdullahi, M S ^b   Ibrahim, M A ^a   Tijjani, M B ^a   Aliyu, M S ^a   Oyewale, A O ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b National Research Institute for Chemical Technology Basawa   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anisopus mannii; Antimicrobial activity; Pathogenic microorganisms; Saponin fraction

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN PLUS CLOXACILLIN; SAPONIN; SAPONIN FRACTION; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOPUS MANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG CONCENTRATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHRUB; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANISOPUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84855863205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/JMPR10.708     Document Type: Article

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