Antimicrobial activities of methanol and aqueous extracts of the stem of Bryophyllum pinnatum Kurz (Crassulaceae)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 72, 2011, Pages 16342-16346

  Nwadinigwe, Alfreda Ogochukwu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Bryophyllum stem extracts

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM EXTRACT; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOSIDE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRASSULACEAE; DRUG SCREENING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT STEM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BRYOPHYLLUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRASSULACEAE; KALANCHOE PINNATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84858260927     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1000     Document Type: Article

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