Antimicrobial activities of different solvents extracted samples of Linum usitatissimum by disc diffusion method

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 85, 2011, Pages 19825-19835

  Bakht, Jehan ^a   Ali, Huma ^a   Khan, Mubarak Ali ^b   Khan, Ayub ^c   Saeed, Muhammad ^c   Shafi, Mohammad ^a   Islam, Amjad ^a   Tayyab, Mohammad ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Disc diffusion; Linum; Solvent

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BUTANOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; HEXANE; LINUM USITATISSIMUM EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LINSEED; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLANT SEED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LINUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84863396522     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.229     Document Type: Article

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