The antimicrobial efficacy of elaeis guineensis: Characterization, in Vitro and in Vivo Studies

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 4860-4877

  Vijayarathna, Soundararajan ^a   Zakaria, Zuraini ^b   Chen, Yeng ^c   Latha, Lachimanan Yoga ^a   Kanwar, Jagat R ^d   Sasidharan, Sreenivasan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Candida albicans; Elaeis guineensis; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARECACEAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; METHANOL; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84861518759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17054860     Document Type: Article

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