Antimicrobial activity of plant extracts of Ocimum tenuiflorum

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-180

  Sharma, Archana ^a   Meena, Anju ^a   Meena, Rishikesh ^b  

^a Department of Botany   (India)

^b Birla College Bhawani   (India)

Author keywords

Ethyl acetate and methanol extract of Ocimum tenuiflorum; Human pathogenic strains; Ocimum tenuiflorum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROXYL GROUP; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

EID: 84859959693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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