Antimycobacterial activity of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. against drug sensitive and drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and MOTT clinical isolates

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 195-200

  Mehta, Archana ^a   Srivastva, Garima ^a   Kachhwaha, Sumita ^a   Sharma, Meenakshi ^a   Kothari, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Citrullus colocynthis; Cucurbitaceae; Drug resistant; Minimal bactericidal concentration; Minimal inhibitory concentration; Mycobacterium other than tuberculosis (MOTT); Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

16,20,25 TRIHYDROXY 9,10,14 TRIMETHYL 1,11,22 TRIOXO 4,9 CYCLO 9,10 SECOCHOLESTA 2,5,23 TRIEN 2 YL HEXOPYRANOSIDE; 2 (HEXOPYRANOSYLOXY) 16,20 DIHYDROXY 9,10,14 TRIMETHYL 1,11,22 TRIOXO 4,9 CYCLO 9,10 SECO CHOLESTA 2,5,23 TRIEN 25 YL ACETATE; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; COLOCYNTH EXTRACT; CUCURBITACIN; GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLOCYNTH; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FRUIT; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN;

BACILLI (CLASS); CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CUCURBITACEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS CUCURBITACEAE; DRUG RESISTANT; MINIMAL BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION.; MINIMAL INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS (MOTT); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CITRULLUS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FRUIT; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84882249727     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.06.022     Document Type: Article

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