Selected medicinal plants used in herbal industries; their toxicity against pathogenic microoraganisms

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1103-1109

  Fazal, Hina ^a,b   Ahmad, Nisar ^a   Abbasi, Bilal Haider ^a   Abbass, Naaz ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ACORUS CALAMUS; ARNEBIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULLEN CORYLIFOLIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUMARIA; FUMARIA INDICA; FUNGI; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; PAEONIA; PAEONIA EMODI; PEGANUM HARMALA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSORALEA; RAUVOLFIA; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VETIVERIA; VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES;

EID: 84879220881     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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