Antibacterial activity of Aquilaria crassna leaf extract against Staphylococcus epidermidis by disruption of cell wall

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kamonwannasit, Sirilak ^a   Nantapong, Nawarat ^a   Kumkrai, Pakarang ^a   Luecha, Prathan ^b   Kupittayanant, Sajeera ^a   Chudapongse, Nuannoi ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Anitbacterials; Antioxidant; Aquilaria crassna; Cell wall; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AQUILARIA CRASSNA LEAF EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUILARIA CRASSNA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOFILM; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL WALL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THYMELAEACEAE;

EID: 84883208143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-12-20     Document Type: Article

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