Inhibitory effect of Allium sativum and Zingiber officinale extracts on clinically important drug resistant pathogenic bacteria

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gull, Iram ^a   Saeed, Mariam ^a   Shaukat, Halima ^a   Aslam, Shahbaz M ^a   Samra, Zahoor Q ^a   Athar, Amin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Extracts; Garlic; Ginger

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; METHANOL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ETHANOL; GARLIC; GINGER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 84862227636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-11-8     Document Type: Article

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