Invitro antibacterial activity of medicinal plant extracts against Escherichia coli strains from human clinical specimens and interactions with antimicrobial drugs

Natural Product Research

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1553-1557

  Ushimaru, P I ^a   Barbosa, L N ^a   Fernandes, A A H ^a   Di Stasi, L C ^a   Jnior Fernandes, A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

antibacterial activity; antimicrobial drugs; medicinal plants; synergism

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOVE OIL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN; GINGER EXTRACT; GUAVA EXTRACT; MIKANIA GLOMERATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYMYXIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GARLIC; GINGER; GUAVA; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIKANIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; CHEMISTRY; CYMBOPOGON; DRUG EFFECT; EUGENIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PSIDIUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CYMBOPOGON; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUGENIA; GARLIC; GINGER; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIKANIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PSIDIUM;

EID: 84865192316     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2011.568943     Document Type: Article

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