Antibacterial screening of traditional herbal plants and standard antibiotics against some human bacterial pathogens

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1109-1116

  Awan, Uzma Azeem ^a   Andleeb, Saiqa ^a   Kiyani, Ayesha ^a   Zafar, Atiya ^a   Shafique, Irsa ^a   Riaz, Nazia ^a   Azhar, Muhammad Tehseen ^b   Uddin, Hafeez ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c Malir National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Activity index; Agar disc diffusion assay; Antibacterial activity; Antibiotics; Human bacterial pathogens; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLOROFORM; CINNNAMOMUM ZYLANICUM EXTRACT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CUMINUM CYMINUM EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONG EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXYZOL; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI EXTRACT; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CINNNAMOMUM ZYLANICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMIN; CURCUMA; CURCUMA LONG; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA MARCESNCES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84892583081     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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