Screening antimicrobial activity of various extracts of Urtica Dioica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1567-1576

  Modarresi Chahardehi, Amir ^a   Ibrahim, Darah ^a   Sulaiman, Shaida Fariza ^a   Mousavi, Leila ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Disc diffusion method; Minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC); Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC); Urtica dioica

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870286765     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v60i4.2074     Document Type: Article

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