Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants against multi-drug resistant bacteria from clinical isolates

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 443-450

  Dahiya, Praveen ^a   Purkayastha, Sharmishtha ^a  

^a AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agar well diffusion; bioautography assay; minimum inhibitory concentration; multi drug resistant; phytochemical analysis

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM EXTRACT; ORIGANUM VULGARE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; THYMUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOE VERA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTI DRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; OREGANO; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; ROSEMARY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; THYME;

EID: 84875962585     PISSN: 0250474X     EISSN: 19983743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0250-474X.108420     Document Type: Article

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