Antibacterial activity of leaves extracts of Trifolium alexandrinum Linn, against pathogenic bacteria causing tropical diseases

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-194

  Khan, Abdul Viqar ^a   Ahmed, Qamar Uddin ^b   Shukla, Indu ^c   Khan, Athar Ali ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Fabaceae; Gram negative bacteria; Gram positive bacteria; Infectious disease; Pathogenic bacteria; Trifolium alexandrinum L.; Tropical disease

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; FLAVONOID; LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; STEROID; TERPENOID; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HEXANE; METHANOL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLOVER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM; TROPICAL DISEASE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; FABACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEXANES; HUMANS; METHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; TRIFOLIUM; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84858147912     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60040-9     Document Type: Article

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