In Vitro antimicrobial activity of Allium cepa (dry bulbs) against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria and fungi

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-145

  Bakht, Jehan ^a   Khan, Shehla ^a   Shafi, Mohammad ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Antimicrobial activity; Bacteria; Fungi

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BUTANOL; CHLOROFORM; ONION EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; ONION; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84893039252     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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