In vitro antibacterial potential of Eugenia jambolana seed extracts against multidrug-resistant human bacterial pathogens

Microbiological Research

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 352-357

  Bag, Anwesa ^a   Bhattacharyya, Subir Kumar ^a   Pal, Nishith Kumar ^b   Chattopadhyay, Rabi Ranjan ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Drug resistant bacteria; Eugenia jambolana; Kill kinetic study; TLC bioautography

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; DRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA; EUGENIA JAMBOLANA; KILL-KINETIC STUDY; TLC-BIOAUTOGRAPHY;

BACTERIOLOGY; ETHANOL; MAMMALS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

PHENOLS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACETATE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHANOL; HERB; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT EXTRACT; RODENT; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; EUGENIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUSE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLANT SEED; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROCYTES; EUGENIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 84860841840     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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