Antimicrobial activity of the crude extracts of withania somnifera and cenchrus setigerus in-vitro

Pharmacognosy Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 60-65

  Singariya, Premlata ^a   Mourya, Krishan Kumar ^b   Kumar, Padma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b Govt Veterinary Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Bacillus subtilis; Cenchrus setigerus; Enterobactor aerogens; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CENCHRUS SETIGERUS EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; GENTAMICIN; KETOCONAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS SETIGERUS; CHEMOTHERAPY; DILUTION; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 84855983757     PISSN: 09753575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5530/pj.2012.27.10     Document Type: Article

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