Synergistic antibacterial activity of four medicinal plants collected from Dharapuram taluk of Tiruppur district, South India

Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-38

  Karmegam, Natchimuthu ^a   Jayakumar, Mani ^b   Karuppusamy, Subbiah ^c  

^a GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

^b Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering   (India)

^c THE MADURA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Medicinal plants; Plant extracts; Synergistic activity

Indexed keywords

AEGLE MARMELOS; ALBIZIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CASSIA AURICULATA; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIMOSOIDEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUTACEAE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VITACEAE;

EID: 84858049352     PISSN: 18164951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jps.2012.32.38     Document Type: Article

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