Antibacterial activities of some plant extracts used in Indian traditional folk medicine

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Bhattacharjee, Indranil ^a   Chatterjee, Soroj Kumar ^a   Ghosh, Anupam ^a   Chandra, Goutam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Bacteria; Disk diffusion method; Folk medicine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CEFADROXIL; CESTRUM DIURNUM EXTRACT; CLERODENDRON INERME EXTRACT; HEXANE; NALIDIXIC ACID; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLANUM VILLOSUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEX NEGUNDO EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CESTRUM; CESTRUM DIURNUM; CLERODENDRON INERME; CLERODENDRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM VILLOSUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARICA PAPAYA; CESTRUM DIURNUM; CLERODENDRUM INERME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOLANUM VILLOSUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VITEX NEGUNDO;

EID: 84857982067     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60148-2     Document Type: Article

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