Antimicrobial properties of 3 medicinal plants from Saudi Arabia against some clinical isolates of bacteria

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 272-277

  Alamri, Saad A ^a   Moustafa, Mahmoud F ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM AMPELOPRASUM PORRUM ETHANOL EXTRACT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATECHIN; CINNAMIC ACID; FERULIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; PARA COUMARIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; SINAPIC ACID; SOLANUM INCANUM ETHANOL EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ALLIUM; ALLIUM AMPELOPRASUM PORRUM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SOLANUM; SOLANUM INCANUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84858989099     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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