Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants-Azadirachta indica A. Juss, Allium cepa L. and Aloe vera L

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1059-1068

  Grover, Aditi ^a   Bhandari, B S ^a   Rai, Nishant ^b  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GRAPHIC ERA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Aloe vera azadirachta indica; Antimicrobial activity; Candida albicans

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; GENTAMICIN; NYSTATIN; ONION EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ALOE VERA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ONION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84856262315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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