Evaluation of the antimycobacterium activity of the constituents from Ocimum basilicum against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 220-222

  Siddiqui, Bina S ^a   Bhatti, Huma A ^a   Begum, Sabira ^a   Perwaiz, Sobiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antituberculosis activity; Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv; Ocimum basilicum

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACILICIN; METHANOL; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BASIL; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLOWER; FRACTIONATION; FRUIT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS;

LAMIACEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 84867516087     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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