The anti-biofilm potential of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) extract against human bacterial and fungal pathogens

Biofouling

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 929-937

  Bakkiyaraj, Dhamodharan ^a   Nandhini, Janarthanam Rathna ^a   Malathy, Balakumar ^a   Pandian, Shunmugiah Karutha ^a  

^a ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

anti biofilm; antipathogenic agent; ellagic acid; pomegranate; Punica granatum

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; FRUIT; FUNGUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LYTHRACEAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PUNICACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84883657057     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2013.820825     Document Type: Article

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