Antimicrobial potential of Ricinus communis leaf extracts in different solvents against pathogenic bacterial and fungal strains

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 944-947

  Naz, Rabia ^a   Bano, Asghari ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Ethanol; Methanol; Relative percentage inhibition; Ricinus communis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; METHANOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; SOLVENT; WATER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; METHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RICINUS; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 84871893967     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60004-0     Document Type: Article

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